John Pierce
484 documents

Pay and Accounts
08/04/1784 Autograph Letter SignedDiscusses his pay and accounts as agent.
Letters Sent (Letterbook) of Commissioner of the Revenue, Tench Coxe, Relating to War Department Procurement, Apr 14, 1794-Aug 26, 1796. (RG75) (M74)
Pay accounts and impropriety
07/09/1784 Autograph LetterThomas Gassaway, Assistant Commissioner for Settling Pay of the Maryland Line, sends to John Pierce a letter inclosed with pay accounts. Gassaway has been accused of impropriety.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Patterson's account
03/28/1784 Autograph Letter SignedSends a deposition. Discusses the settlement of his account. Request his commutation pay in certificates. Requests payment of 200 pounds for money lent to his officers.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Papers from General Greene
11/19/1784 Autograph Letter SignedTench Tilghman sends to John Pierce a letter enclosed with papers from General Greene.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Officers' pay
06/09/1784 Autograph Letter SignedDiscusses pay given to the officers listed in the letter.
Letters Received by the Paymaster General, Jun 17, 1778-Jul 6, 1785. (RG217)
Officers and Stores
02/23/1784 LetterLargely illegible document mentions officers, stores.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Officer's pay and subsistence account
03/10/1784 Autograph Letter SignedDiscusses the pay and subsistence account of an officer.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Officer's Pay
02/12/1784 Autograph Letter SignedAntill requests to be paid subsistence due him by act of Congress.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Notes and pay
02/28/1784 Autograph Letter SignedExchange of monetary notes; pay of officers and men
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Mr. Carleton conducting the affairs of the War Office
02/17/1784 Autograph LetterMentions that Mr. Carleton has been empowered by Congress to conduct the affairs of the War Office; discusses amounts of money sent to a paymaster.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Money returned
03/30/1784 Autograph Letter SignedReturns a sum of money that Pierce advanced him. Thanks Pierce for his "generous disposition" towards the Army.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Money for clothing allowance
02/04/1784 Author's Letterbook CopyNourse - Register of the Treasury - says that his office has in its possession money that was provided as a clothing allowance to General Smallwood. Since obviously, this is not the money that was …
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Money due for Army service
03/29/1784 Autograph Letter SignedRequests payment of money due him by the United States for his service as an officer in the Army.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)- No image
Merchants' Business with the Army
01/26/1784 Cited letter or documentCITATION Only. Cited in Pierce to Audibert 02/11/1784 which has to do with merchants advancing goods to the Army Paymaster. These merchants have agreed that the same arrangement will apply to Mr. …
Citations 
Massachusetts Regiments
02/29/1784 Autograph Letter SignedDiscusses obtaining certificates and a list of persons in the Massachusetts Regiments.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Mail between New York and West Point
01/10/1784 Autograph Letter SignedDiscusses the movement of various parcels and mail between Holt in New York and Pierce at the West Point post.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Letter to the Paymaster General
10/15/1784 Autograph Letter SignedLetter to the Commissioner of Army Accounts and Paymaster General, from New Haven, Connecticut.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Letter to the Paymaster General
01/10/1784 Autograph LetterLetter to the Paymaster General at West Point.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Letter to the Commissioner of Army Accounts
07/12/1784 Autograph Letter SignedLetter to the Commissioner of Army Accounts and Paymaster General.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)- No image
Letter to the Commissioner of Army Accounts
06/10/1784 Cited letter or documentDiscusses the settlement of his accounts and the switching of continental securities for state notes
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) 
Letter of recommendation
06/25/1784 Autograph Letter SignedLetter of recommendation for Mr. DeWitt - a "man of business" - to the Commissioner of Army Accounts and Paymaster General.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Letter of introduction and widow's benefits
09/11/1784 Autograph Letter SignedJames Armstrong sends John Pierce a letter of introduction carried by Mrs. Vergereau. The letter explains her claims to widow's benefits.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Letter from the Governor of New York
01/12/1784 LetterLetter to the Paymaster General from the Governor of New York.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Letter from Robert Morris to John Pierce
02/25/1784 LetterDiscussion of financial matters.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Letter from Mr. Wetmore
09/16/1784 LetterbookWetmore discusses his health and an upcoming trip to Philadelphia to see Pierce.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
