Request for explanation
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Request for explanation
Description
John Pierce, Commissioner of Army Accounts, issues notification that he will not honor payment on Captain John Lillies' certificate to Mr. John Williams. Pierce was expecting this certificate as repayment on Lillies account with his office. Pierce desires to know how the certificate fell into Williams' hands.
year created
1785
month created
11
day created
03
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
in image
recipient note
no addressee
notable person/group
John Pierce
John Williams
John Lillies
the comptroller
notable location
New York
Boston
notable item/thing
error
repayment
balance
accounts
certificates
mistakes
debts
document number
1785110337001
page start
1
transcription
Certificate to W Williams
of Cap John Lillies Transalier
Nov. 3. 1785.
Copied
N York Nov 3d 1785
Capt Jn Lillies having settled an account in my office in which was discovered an error to have arisen against the United States of one thousand Dollars, he gave me his note of hand promising to repay it -- when he arrived at Boston he sent me a Letter, wherein he informed me that he had inclosed a certificate N 62.9i8 for 1316 Dols and desired me to deduct the thousand Dols, and send him the balance; but on his my opening the the certificate he mentioned was not inclosed in the Letter, and he has not therefore accounted for the above mintioned mistake -- he has since assured me that the certificate was inclosed, and on the 29 of September last the above mentioned same certificate was presented at the Comptrollers office, for payment by Mr. Jona Williams of Boston which from the above considerations I have stopped until I have heard from Capt. Lillie and he informs how it came out of his hands.
of Cap John Lillies Transalier
Nov. 3. 1785.
Copied
N York Nov 3d 1785
Capt Jn Lillies having settled an account in my office in which was discovered an error to have arisen against the United States of one thousand Dollars, he gave me his note of hand promising to repay it -- when he arrived at Boston he sent me a Letter, wherein he informed me that he had inclosed a certificate N 62.9i8 for 1316 Dols and desired me to deduct the thousand Dols, and send him the balance; but on his my opening the the certificate he mentioned was not inclosed in the Letter, and he has not therefore accounted for the above mintioned mistake -- he has since assured me that the certificate was inclosed, and on the 29 of September last the above mentioned same certificate was presented at the Comptrollers office, for payment by Mr. Jona Williams of Boston which from the above considerations I have stopped until I have heard from Capt. Lillie and he informs how it came out of his hands.
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | CEX09 (2 pages) | Collection: Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript file) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) | B:235 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | John Pierce | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | John Williams | [unknown] | [n/a] |