Enclosed Receipt of Certificates

Item

Type

Contemporary Copy of Letter

Title

Enclosed Receipt of Certificates

Description

Encloses the original receipts given by Jonathan Philips and John Thomas for over $10,000 in certificates; response to Wolcott's request for a statement on the accounts of the state of Connecticut.

short description

Enclosed receipt of certificates

year created

1786

month created

11

day created

28

author

sent from location

New York

in image

note

Cited in Wolcott to Pierce, 12/09/1786.

cited note

Cited document sent from the War Office

notable person/group

Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
John Pierce
Jonathan Philips
John Thomas

notable location

New York
Connecticut

notable item/thing

accounts
receipt
vouchers
certificates
charge against the state

document number

1786112821001

page start

1

transcription

November 26 1786
to Oliver Wolcott Junr. Esqr
Copied
Examined
New York November 28 1786
Dear Sir,
Your Letter of the 18th requesting an account stating of the
accounts of the State of Connecticut is received & shall
be attended to — I am at a loss however, whether you
have intended to requested all the accounts of the state extracted
from the different officers, or only those which have
arisen in mine.
Inclosed is an original Receipt given by Jona. Philips and John Thomas for 10,283 76/90 Dols in Certificates,
which they have not accounted for, I take
the liberty therefore to request that you will call
on them to deliver into you the vouchers that they
have taken for these certificates, and where they
have not been issued, the certificates themselves,
and in case they refu this is refused, that you would
cause the obligation to be put into suit — a certificate]
from your office sufficient to which will authorize a charge
against the state will be a sufficient voucher
for these Gentlemen.
I am, with great respect, Dr Sir
Your Ob Servt.
[to] Oliver Wolcott Jur Esqr

Item sets

Document instances

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[view document] (2 pages) YZM15 (2 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript file) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) B: 382
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Citations [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author John Pierce New York [n/a]
Recipient Oliver Wolcott, Jr. [unknown] [n/a]