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Settlement of accounts
04/19/1787 Letterbook CopySettlement of account for certificates received of Mr. King will be necessary previous to Patten receiving any compensation. Howell doubts that Patten can be considered an agent as Mr. King has …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Settlement for Mrs. Reese, widow of Captain Jonathan Reese
04/02/1787 Letterbook CopyMrs. Reese, widow of Captain Jonathan Reese expects a settlement. Captain Reese was in Colonel Wood's Regiment, which was in Canada in 1776.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Settlement for cattle taken
06/11/1787 Letterbook CopyOutlines the procedures for Mr. Greenfield to settle the matter of the two cattle which were taken for the use of the public in 1777.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Service of Captain Couper
02/28/1787 Draft LetterDiscusses the account of Capt. Leonard Couper and confirms that he received $200 in the years 1784-85 which should be charged to his pension.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Securities received
04/10/1787 Letterbook CopyJoseph King has written to Patten concerning securities that he received for his men.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Saymore's dragoons
09/27/1787 LetterbookLetter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts telling Wolcott that he would have replied to his letter sooner had certain extracts been available respecting Saymore's dragoons.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Returns of Specie due to Virginia officers
04/12/1787 LetterPierce sends returns of specie due to the men who served on the Virginia line, with two abstracts detailing the accounts.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Return of Monies due to the Virginia Line
02/24/1787 DocumentReturn of monies due to the officers of the Virginia Line.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Resolving a disputed settlement
01/22/1787 Contemporary Copy of LetterInforms Dr. Solomon Halling that the necessary documentation to resolve his settlement seems to be lacking. Halling had resigned his appointment as a senior surgeon.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Requesting a visit to New York
10/04/1787 Autograph Letter SignedThe Commissioner of Army Accounts writes Captain Dunn that it will be necessary for him to come to New York from Trenton as soon as possible.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Request to be allowed bounty paid
05/03/1787 Letterbook CopyHenry Hilgen of Hazen's Regiment at Lancaster asks that he be allowed the bounty he paid for them.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Request for settlement of accounts
01/24/1787 Recipient's Letterbook CopyRobb asks Howell to settle his accounts and transmit the appropriate Certificates to him.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Request for settlement of account
03/28/1787 Author's Letterbook CopyBayard is asked by Howell to settle his account because, as it now stands, he owes the US a considerable sum of money.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Request for service to a Mr. McKay, a stranger in New York
07/16/1787 Letterbook CopyLaments that Howell has not responded to letter from Bayard. Mr. McKay, son of old Colonel who died at Trenton at the beginning of the War and Bayard's brother in law is the bearer of the letter. A …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Request for Second Opinion on claim
08/04/1787 LetterbookDr. Halling transmitted a certificate to Mr. Hardy, for the pay of a deranged soldier. Howell didn't feel it was within his authority to grant or reject the claim so he submitted it to Pierce for his …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Request for response on Colonel Harmer's account
01/12/1787 Recipient's Letterbook CopyBeatty had written an earlier letter to Howell asking for a prompt response on Colonel Harmer's account and has yet to receive a reply.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Request for muster
02/28/1787 Author's Letterbook CopyHowell is organizing the papers in his office, particularly the Musters of Pay Rolls, so Nicholson is requested to send the muster which the Howell had previously given him on June 13,1785.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Request for explanation regarding mistake in settlement
05/08/1787 Letterbook CopyMrs. Durkee claims there was a mistake made in the settlement made by Captain Benjamin Durkee in closing accounts of Colonel John Durkee, her late husband. Asks for explanation.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Request for documentation on Christian Kuhn
05/28/1787 Letterbook CopyChristian Kuhn of Don Hier's troop. Claims to be of Pennsylvania quota, but is not on Nicholson's list. Asks if Howell has any authentic document of states to which the men of corps belonged.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Request for debt to be absolved
02/27/1787 Author's Letterbook CopyPierce asks the President of Congress, Arthur St. Clair, to absolve him of the loss of $570 in 1783 which somehow was misplaced while George Reid was in charge of the Office of Accounts in …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Request for copy of pay roll for Captain Jonathan Thatcher
06/19/1787 Letterbook CopyRequests pay roll for Captain Jonathan Thatcher of Colonel Swifts's Regiment, in the Northern Army, year 1776.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Request for copy account of Major Edmund Hyrne
07/23/1787 Letterbook CopyIs directed by Comptroller to request that Pierce forward an official copy of account that Major Edmund Hyrne, aide de camp to General Greene lodged in Pierce's office of sundry advances to officers …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Request for Colonel Baylor's accounts
04/23/1787 Letterbook CopyRequests Colonel Baylor's papers respecting his accounts to be sent by next post. Pierce arrived in Richmond in perfect health this evening.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Request for certificate
05/25/1787 Autograph Letter SignedLetter from Doctor Middleton to Edward Carrington at New York, discussing certificates and other matters.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Request for bill of exchange
06/14/1787 Autograph Letter SignedDiscusses Colonel William Blount's request for a bill of exchange he believed to have been deposited in the pay office
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
