Specie due the officers of the Virginia Line
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Specie due the officers of the Virginia Line
Description
Letter to the Board of Treasury concerning specie due the officers of the Virginia Line.
year created
1786
month created
12
day created
16
author
sent from location
Office of Army Accounts, New York
recipient
in collection
in image
author note
John Pierce
recipient note
Board of Treasury
notable person/group
Board of Treasury
John Pierce
officers
notable location
Office of Army Accounts, New York
Virginia
notable item/thing
Specie
document number
1786121621155
page start
204
transcription
Office of Army Accounts
New York
Dec 16th 1786
Gentlemen
When I returned an estimate of the species pay due to the Virginia Officers I was not (undecipherable) of the actual settlements made with that line, since which they have been received and intered in my books, that return therefore was made out on the supposition that the specie pay of 1782 and 1783 was charged to the officer whether received or not and that all advances were deducted from his accounts but I find on a careful revision of these accounts that there are several instances of departure from these principles and therefore it became necessary to reduce my return on the final close of the same to the sums as they stand in the one now enclosed. I do myself the Honor also to enclose a return of the names of such officers as have drawn their pay without accounting for monies on stores which they had received and consequently who have a balance against them to be refunded to the public (undecipherable) indeed they should have demands for arrears of subsistance which arrears I believe cannot be assertained with any official certainty.
I am Vc P Pierce
Honorable Board of Treasury
New York
Dec 16th 1786
Gentlemen
When I returned an estimate of the species pay due to the Virginia Officers I was not (undecipherable) of the actual settlements made with that line, since which they have been received and intered in my books, that return therefore was made out on the supposition that the specie pay of 1782 and 1783 was charged to the officer whether received or not and that all advances were deducted from his accounts but I find on a careful revision of these accounts that there are several instances of departure from these principles and therefore it became necessary to reduce my return on the final close of the same to the sums as they stand in the one now enclosed. I do myself the Honor also to enclose a return of the names of such officers as have drawn their pay without accounting for monies on stores which they had received and consequently who have a balance against them to be refunded to the public (undecipherable) indeed they should have demands for arrears of subsistance which arrears I believe cannot be assertained with any official certainty.
I am Vc P Pierce
Honorable Board of Treasury
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (1 pages) | DEL01 (361 pages) | Collection: Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853) | V:134; P:204 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | John Pierce | Office of Army Accounts, New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Board of Treasury | [unknown] | [n/a] |