Accounting matters

Item

Type

Autograph Letter

Title

Accounting matters

Description

Discusses the account of an army captain, the pay of surgeons, and various other accounting matters.

year created

1784

month created

07

day created

17

author

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

in image

note

This letter is not signed, but is likely written by John Pierce.

notable person/group

Andrew Dunscomb
John Pierce
paymaster
Captan Bohanan
surgeons of infantry
catains of infantry

notable location

Philadelphia
Philadelphia

notable item/thing

pay postage for public letters
charge
contingent account
recepit of the postmaster
principle
paymaster's warrant
the end of the war
appointments
at liberty to enquire
propriety
commutation
pay
September 1780
allowances
allowance

document number

1784071737001

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) XZR25 (3 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript file) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) B: 371

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author John Pierce Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient A.W. Dunscomb [unknown] [n/a]