Settling accounts with the states

Item

Type

Autograph Draft Letter

Title

Settling accounts with the states

Description

Discusses his proposed method for settling army accounts with the states in accordance with two resolutions of Congress.

year created

1786

month created

03

author

recipient

in image

note

The document is not signed but is in Pierce's hand.

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recipient note

the Board of Treasury

notable person/group

Board of Treasury
John Pierce
Congress
regimental agents
Continental Army
supreme executive of the states
state lines
Invalid Corps
Hazen's Corps
the public
General Hazen

notable location

Congress
Treasury

notable item/thing

Resolutions of Congress
3 November 1783
21 May 1785
certificates of the final balances due to the late Army
settlement
accounts
receipts
register
information
numbers
dates
amount
securities
property of the United States
dollars
refund
directions

document number

1786039937001

page start

1

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Document instances

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[view document] (3 pages) XZG15 (3 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript file) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) B: 392

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author John Pierce [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient Board of Treasury [unknown] [n/a]