John Pierce
484 documents

Letter to the Commissioner of Army Accounts
08/30/1786 Autograph Letter SignedLetter to the Commissioner of Army Accounts concerning Captain Phelon; discusses his various travels in pursuing Phelon.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Letter to the Commissioner of Army Accounts
08/08/1786 Autograph Letter SignedLetter from Doctor John Waudin to the Commissioner of Army Accounts
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Letter to the Commissioner of Army Accounts
07/29/1786 Autograph Letter SignedDiscusses the settlement of accounts, certificates, and commutation pay with the Commissioner of Army Accounts.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Letter to the Commissioner of Army Accounts
07/17/1786 Autograph Letter SignedLetter to the Commissioner of Army Accounts from the City Hall in Albany, New York.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Letter from James Lovell
05/22/1786 LetterbookLovell informs Pierce that Jesse Brown will act as his agent for settlement.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Letter from Board of Treasury relative to Mr. Shelton
10/19/1786 Author's Letterbook CopyEnclosed is a copy of a letter from the Board of Treasury relative to Mr. Shelton. The author thought it prudent to keep the original in his office and send the copy to the recipient at New Haven.
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Letter Citation
03/18/1786 Cited letter or documentCited in Pierce to White 03/29/1786. Requested that Pierce send him the certificates of Thomas Weston.
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Letter Citation
03/03/1786 Cited letter or documentCited in Pierce to White, 03/13/1786. May have requested Pierce's instructions on the priority of completing accounts of arrears due noncommissioned officers and privates and accounts of officers' …
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Instructions for Vouchers & Certificates; Requests Final Settlement and Accounts for Pay Table
12/09/1786 Autograph Letter SignedThe assembly of Pennsylvania has ordered regimental agents to resolve their accounts with the Committee of Pay Table for the final settlement certificates. Wolcott informs Pierce that he will require …
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Forged securities
04/02/1786 Cited letter or documentCITATION Only. Cited in Pierce to Winslow, 06/20/1786. Winslow discussed forged securities and reported that he had traced a $1000 forged note to a Captain Barns in South Carolina.
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Failed effort to catch suspected counterfeiter
08/30/1786 LetterbookCapt. Simon Jackson writes John Pierce, describing his efforts to catch Capt. John Phelon before he flees to Canada. Phelon was Pierce's confidential clerk at the Office of Army Accounts and is …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Enclosed return for subsistence money
07/24/1786 Autograph Letter SignedEncloses a return for subsistence money due for recruiting; requests that the amount be forwarded to Boston.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Enclosed receipt
03/08/1786 Autograph Document SignedEncloses receipt for four certificates to the Commissioner of Army Accounts.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Enclosed accounts for pay and subsistence
07/17/1786 Autograph Letter SignedEncloses his accounts for pay and subsistence; requests money or certificates due him.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Delivery of ration account
12/06/1786 Autograph Letter SignedRequests the Paymaster General to deliver the settlement of his ration account to Major Alden, to transmit back to him.
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Copies of settlements
04/25/1786 Cited letter or documentCITATION Only. Cited in Pierce to Wolcott, 05/08/1786. Wolcott requested copies of settlements.
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Confirmation of rank and Army service
04/22/1786 Cited letter or documentCITATION Only. Cited in Pierce to Blodget 05/31/1786. Blodget sought confirmation of his rank and continuance in Army service during the Revolutionary War in order to settle his pay account with …
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Concerning service as chaplain
07/25/1786 Autograph Letter SignedLetter to the Commissioner of Army Accounts from the Reverend Timothy Dwight, concerning his account as chaplain under the army.
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Claims for Settlement of Pay
05/16/1786 Cited letter or documentCITATION Only. Cited in Pierce to Stirk, 06/23/1786. Stirk sent claims to Pierce in behalf of Lieutenant Colonel Strirk for settlement of his pay from his service during the Revolutionary War
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Claims for pay
07/17/1786 DocumentClaims for pay due soldiers in Philadelphia
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Claim for Pay
03/05/1786 Cited letter or documentCITATION Only. Cited in John Pierce to Daniel Tucker 03/24/1786. Concerning the claim of Major Hyrne for pay as adjutant general
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Cited letter to Pierce
01/13/1786 Cited letter or documentCited letter. Cited in Pierce to White 01/24/1786.
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