Pay certificates

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Pay certificates

Description

Discusses delivery of pay certificates and their markings.

year created

1784

month created

12

day created

30

author

sent from location

Richmond

recipient

in image

notable person/group

Joseph Howell
John Pierce
Mr. Dunscomb
commissioner

notable location

Richmond
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia

notable item/thing

stage
certificates
margins
check letter
accident
conveyance

notable phrase

you may be able to describe and prevent any advantages being taken of them

document number

1784123021055

page start

15

transcription

Richmond Decr. 30th. 1784

Dear Sir

I have sent by Mr. Dunscomb of N. York who goes by the stage four hundred & fifty Certificates, signed by me as Commissioner, Number'd from 88,901 to 89,350 inclusive and dated Pennsylvania January the third 1785, the Margins of which with the Check Letter I now inclose you, that in case of any accident in the Conveyance, you may be able to discribe, and prevent any advantages taken of them —
I am
Your's &c
Jno. Pierce

Jos. Howell. Jur

Item sets

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 pages) DDA01 (175 pages) Collection: Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853) V:136; P:15

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author John Pierce Richmond [n/a]
Recipient Joseph Howell [unknown] [n/a]