Settlement of the accounts of French officers

Item

Type

Contemporary Copy of Letter

Title

Settlement of the accounts of French officers

Description

Discusses the settlement of the accounts of French officers in the American Army.

year created

1784

month created

04

day created

16

author

sent from location

Pay Office, Philadelphia

recipient

in image

author note

John Pierce

recipient note

Addressed to Superintendent of Finance.

notable person/group

John Pierce
Robert Morris
pay office
French minister
Lieutenant Colonel Du Buyson
Lieutenant Colonel Gimat
officers
Baron de Kalb
Treasury
Lieutenant Colonel Du Plessis
Congress
Monsieur Grand
Lieutenant Colonel Fleury
captain of engineers
lieutenant colonel of engineers
Colonel Palfrey
Joseph Carleton
Monsieur le Brune
Treasury Board
Hancock
Paymaster General
Superintendent of Finance

notable location

Pay Office, Philadelphia
Philadelphia
France
Paris
Yorktown
United States

notable item/thing

instructions
accounts
settlement
investigation
accounts
account
sum
resolution
bill of exchange
dollars
emissions
credited
pay
lieutenant colonel
deranged
rations
balance
commutation
goods

document number

1784041621001

page start

1

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Document instances

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[view document] (5 pages) YZV06 (5 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript file) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) B:269

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author John Pierce Pay Office, Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient Robert Morris [unknown] [n/a]