Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts
Item
Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Title
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts
Description
Largely illegible letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts
short description
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts
year created
1786
month created
12
day created
19
author
sent from location
Office of Army Accounts
recipient
sent to location
unknown
in image
note
Largely illegible
notable person/group
Doctor William Eustis
Doctor William Eustice
John Pierce
Congress
Commander in Chief
commanding officer
volunteers
notable location
Office of Army Accounts
New York
works near Boston
Boston
notable item/thing
works
certificates
pay
public offices
document number
1786121921201
page start
1
transcription
Decem 19. 1786
Doctor Wm. Eustice
Copied
Offices of Army Accounts NYork
December 19 1786
Sir
That Sercices are not probably out of compiling after these as
the [undecipherbale] merely complicated and as [undecipherbale]
pay the commanding Officer of the [?]ment did not
pay them, until April 1778. when his [undecipherable]
that he went a Volunteer to [?] and he [?] pay from
April 1778 to Aug. 1779. [undecipherable] from a volunteer controlled &
[undecipherable] to determine, as he [undecipherable]
but on the return to Boston, he was either not [undecipherable]
by the public or the courtmatial [undecipherable] thought
[undecipherable] not [undecipherable] in paying him, as it was considered
that he was to be [undecipherable] by then [undecipherable] service
as codially ment to [undecipherable]
as he recognised [undecipherable] was contraty to the established
[line crossed out]
[undecipherable] of a [undecipherable] Officers in the he then produced from the
commander in Chief only [undecipherable] paymaster of his
[undecipherable] confess [undecipherable] as the continental [undecipherable] only
paid him when actually imployed [undecipherable] as Congressmen
never recognised him.or any arrangements
according as the public Officer of the Paymaster Offices.
I am of opinion he considered as a regualr Officers of the UStates or that he cares not been [undecipherable] by him received any [undecipherable]
compensation there is but he has already, unless he
app[?] to send obtains the approbation of Congress for it.
Doct. Eustis
Doctor Wm. Eustice
Copied
Offices of Army Accounts NYork
December 19 1786
Sir
That Sercices are not probably out of compiling after these as
the [undecipherbale] merely complicated and as [undecipherbale]
pay the commanding Officer of the [?]ment did not
pay them, until April 1778. when his [undecipherable]
that he went a Volunteer to [?] and he [?] pay from
April 1778 to Aug. 1779. [undecipherable] from a volunteer controlled &
[undecipherable] to determine, as he [undecipherable]
but on the return to Boston, he was either not [undecipherable]
by the public or the courtmatial [undecipherable] thought
[undecipherable] not [undecipherable] in paying him, as it was considered
that he was to be [undecipherable] by then [undecipherable] service
as codially ment to [undecipherable]
as he recognised [undecipherable] was contraty to the established
[line crossed out]
[undecipherable] of a [undecipherable] Officers in the he then produced from the
commander in Chief only [undecipherable] paymaster of his
[undecipherable] confess [undecipherable] as the continental [undecipherable] only
paid him when actually imployed [undecipherable] as Congressmen
never recognised him.or any arrangements
according as the public Officer of the Paymaster Offices.
I am of opinion he considered as a regualr Officers of the UStates or that he cares not been [undecipherable] by him received any [undecipherable]
compensation there is but he has already, unless he
app[?] to send obtains the approbation of Congress for it.
Doct. Eustis
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | CEX07 (2 pages) | Collection: Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript file) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) | B:235 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | John Pierce | Office of Army Accounts | [n/a] |
| Recipient | William Eustis | unknown | [n/a] |