Letterbook Copy

Regarding accounts and specie paid to prisoners in 1781

Refers to letter from Mr. Pierce which says not to expect the accounts very soon. Howell remarks that on examining the charges against this Line extracted from the Pay Office Books, finds that the specie paid in 1781 to prisoners then in Philadelphia is totally omitted.

1785

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Charleston, South Carolina

Joseph Howell

George Reid

Mr Pierce

prisoners

Mr. Betts

Charleston, South Carolina

Savannah Georgia

Philadelphia

accounts

pay office books

pay

subsistence

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Charleston So. Carolina 31 March 85
Dear Sir
Yours of the 7th Ins.t with the enclosures I have
received [undecipherable] Mr. Pierce arrived here on the 18 Feby.
& set out for Savannah the 4th Ins.t.. in his last letter of the
22nd Ins.t to me he says "my Attention here will be for a
"long time - I have to take up the Accounts from August 1780
"and to do the whole myself, you may not therefore expect

very me soon, and when I do come my stay must be of course the

shorter". On examining the Charges against
this Line extracted from the pay Office Books I find
that


that the specie paid in 1781 to the prisoners then in
Philad.a is totally omited I think it was three Months
pay & subsistence allowed each I wish you to desire
Mr Betts to make it out & forward it by return of
strong. Geo. Reid
Jos. Howell Jun.r