Settlement of an Officer's Account
Item
Type
Recipient's Letterbook Copy
Title
Settlement of an Officer's Account
Description
The author notes that his receipts were lost along with his baggage but Lt.(?)Doyle made copies of the payrolls so that is the source of the amounts requested here. He also encloses the payrolls for four months' pay for five men but the allowances for enlisting them are not included in the payrolls so those amounts are not part of this claim.
year created
1786
month created
01
day created
30
author
sent from location
Lancaster
recipient
in collection
in image
note
Howell addressed as Captain
notable person/group
Joseph Howell
John Doyle
Cap. Campbell
Lt.(?)Doyle
five men
notable location
Lancaster
Paoli(?)& sundry other places
notable item/thing
sums of money
stoppages made from me
my baggages and papers
my amounts
Lt.(?)Doyle's papers
copy of my payrolls
the enclosed amounts
your directions
Copy of the Payrolls
four months pay
bounty given to five men
some allowance for enlisting them
the payrolls
your power
directions how to proceed
your compliance
notable phrase
all I request is that you befriend me as far as your power, which I am confident you will
document number
1786013070055
page start
14
transcription
Lancaster 30th January 1786.
Sir
I received yours per Cap. Campbell wherein you were so obliging as to set down the Sums of money I had to account for before I received the Stoppages made from me As to the receipts I have long since lost, at the Paoli & sundry other places where my baggage & papers were lost, neither could I have made out my accounts were it f not for Lt. Doyle's papers, who unknown to me, still kept a copy of my payrolls by them I have made out the inclosed accounts agreeable to your directions and proved the same I also enclose you the Copy of the Payrolls for the four months pay with the bounty given to five men, it is true there was some allowance for inlisting them, but I find it not included in the payrolls, therefore have omitted the same acct all I request is that you will befriend me as far as your power, which I am confident you will If any thing is amis or yet wanting, pray write me & give me directions how to proceed your compliance will much oblige.
Your much obliged friend &c
John Doyle
Cap. Howell
N. B. Enclose my Letter to Cap. Richd. Fullerton, Phila.
Sir
I received yours per Cap. Campbell wherein you were so obliging as to set down the Sums of money I had to account for before I received the Stoppages made from me As to the receipts I have long since lost, at the Paoli & sundry other places where my baggage & papers were lost, neither could I have made out my accounts were it f not for Lt. Doyle's papers, who unknown to me, still kept a copy of my payrolls by them I have made out the inclosed accounts agreeable to your directions and proved the same I also enclose you the Copy of the Payrolls for the four months pay with the bounty given to five men, it is true there was some allowance for inlisting them, but I find it not included in the payrolls, therefore have omitted the same acct all I request is that you will befriend me as far as your power, which I am confident you will If any thing is amis or yet wanting, pray write me & give me directions how to proceed your compliance will much oblige.
Your much obliged friend &c
John Doyle
Cap. Howell
N. B. Enclose my Letter to Cap. Richd. Fullerton, Phila.
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (1 pages) | DDJ01 (355 pages) | Collection: Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853) | V:135, P:14 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | John Doyle | Lancaster | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Joseph Howell | [unknown] | [n/a] |