Pay Settlements for Continental Regiments
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Pay Settlements for Continental Regiments
Description
Settlement of several regiment's accounts.
year created
1785
month created
01
day created
06
author
sent from location
Pay Office, Philadelphia
recipient
in collection
in image
notable person/group
William Livingston
Joseph Howell
line of New Jersey
individual officers of the Jersey Line
men
Colonel Spencer
Colonel Lee
General Hazen
Colonel Spencer's Regiment
Colonel Lee's Regiment
General Hazen's Regiment
Invalid Regiment
citizens of New Jersey
the whole line
the Army
notable location
Pay Office, Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Pay Office
New Jersey
notable item/thing
registers
settlements
accounts
proper returns
residue
document number
1785010621055
page start
13
transcription
Sirs Pay Office
Philada 6th Jany 1785
I do myself the honor to transmit you a copy of the registers of the late line of New Jersey from No 8109 to 9,702 inclusive, also a copy of the Registers of Settlements made by Individual Officers of the Jersey line --
There a number of men that belong'd to Col Spencer's Col. Lee Genl Hazins of the Invalid Regimt's that were Citizens of Jersey, whose ac-
counts have been liquidated, but for the want of the proper returns, I am not able for the present to ascertain who they are if this can be done you may rest assured the residue shall be forwarded those - now sent with the former include the whole line as they stood when the army was discharged: You will exceedingly oblige me by a line acknowledging the receipt of the registers.
His Excellency
Wm. Livingston
Esq.
Philada 6th Jany 1785
I do myself the honor to transmit you a copy of the registers of the late line of New Jersey from No 8109 to 9,702 inclusive, also a copy of the Registers of Settlements made by Individual Officers of the Jersey line --
There a number of men that belong'd to Col Spencer's Col. Lee Genl Hazins of the Invalid Regimt's that were Citizens of Jersey, whose ac-
counts have been liquidated, but for the want of the proper returns, I am not able for the present to ascertain who they are if this can be done you may rest assured the residue shall be forwarded those - now sent with the former include the whole line as they stood when the army was discharged: You will exceedingly oblige me by a line acknowledging the receipt of the registers.
His Excellency
Wm. Livingston
Esq.
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:13 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Joseph Howell | Pay Office, Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | William Livingston | [unknown] | [n/a] |