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
recipient
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 â 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 â 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
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 â 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 â 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] |