Letter to the Commissioner of Army Accounts

Item

Type

Cited letter or document

Title

Letter to the Commissioner of Army Accounts

Description

Discusses the settlement of his accounts and the switching of continental securities for state notes

year created

1784

month created

06

day created

10

author

sent from location

New York

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in image

note

Enclosed in Pierce to Mason, 06/25/1784. Cited in Pierce to Mason, 06/25/1784.

content note

Pierce to Mason 06/25/1784 answers this letter.

cited note

Cited document addressed to the War Office

notable person/group

John Pierce
Mason
Paymaster General to the Army
Legislature of New York
troops
New York troops
auditors
gentlemen
the Army
Mr. Dunlap

notable location

Philadelphia
New York

notable item/thing

provision
pay
troops
July
January
state notes
act
continental securities
securities
pay
certificate
compensation
United States
accounts
trouble
interest
obligation
matter
spontaneous act
dollars
subsistence money
cash
order
sum
payment
service

document number

1784061070001

page start

4

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (0 pages) CFE15 (0 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript file) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) B:78
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Citations [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Mason New York [n/a]
Recipient John Pierce Philadelphia [n/a]