Mistakes in certificates; applications by widow and orphan of Lieutenant Quarles

Item

Type

Letterbook Copy

Title

Mistakes in certificates; applications by widow and orphan of Lieutenant Quarles

Description

References a mistake in certificates. Mentions leaving office and some person authorized to received claims. Mentions that if widow and orphan of Lieutenant Quarles, cannot obtain half pay from the states, they will find an application to congress as fruitless.

year created

1786

month created

06

day created

17

author

sent from location

Office of Army Accounts, New York

recipient

in image

author note

John Pierce

recipient note

Andrew Dunscomb

notable person/group

Andrew Dunscomb
John Pierce
Army
auditors
Congress
widow
orphan
Joseph Givens
Colonel Lee's Corps
Colonel Lee

notable location

Office of Army Accounts, New York
Virginia

notable item/thing

packet
muster rolls
resolution of congress
claims
pay
certificate

document number

1786061721155

page start

54

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) DEL01 (361 pages) Collection: Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853) V:134; P:54

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author John Pierce Office of Army Accounts, New York [n/a]
Recipient A.W. Dunscomb [unknown] [n/a]