Respecting claim for pay
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Respecting claim for pay
Description
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts to John Habersham respecting the pay of the three companies of Habersham's Line, claimed by John Morrill.
year created
1786
month created
12
day created
22
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
in collection
in image
author note
John Pierce
recipient note
John Habersham
notable person/group
John Habersham
John Pierce
John Morrill
Van Waggennow
soldiers
Congress
notable location
New York
Georgia
notable item/thing
Certificates
receipts
specie
document number
1786122221155
page start
210
transcription
New York
December 22nd 1786
Dear Sir
I have received your letter of the (undecipherable) of September last respecting the pay of the three companies of your line which appear to be claimed by John Merrill Esquire - when I was in Georgia the auditor of the state produced to me the pay rolls of these companies which it appeared he had adjusted and had delivered the state securities thereon into the hands of Lieut Van Maggennow for him to deliver to the soldoers. I had then no objection to the proof exhibited for the performance of the services of these men but it was my opinion that the state ought prior to the same being passed to call W Maggenow to account and exhibit to me the receipts or discharges of the men for this reason tha the state ought not to have a audit beyond its payment and that the discharges may be lodged as a security against another claim from the soldier. I was supposed that the claim of Mr Morrill was a subsequent transaction, in which he had made a purchase of these certificates from the soldiers, a transaction with which the United States had no concern. In this opinion I still continue, and I suppose myself not authorised to consider the pay of these men as due to any individual, but on the contrary asspurned by the state and therefore according to the resolves of congress to be passed to its (undecipherable) in he same manner as I have (undecipherable) done the other advances made to the line---to give this (undecipherable) to the state it a appears essential to me that your original return and the receipts of the men and an authentic form the execution be forwarded and I believe that the certificate which I shall then issue in favor of the state will answer to Mr Morrill every purpose he can wish, that is it will place him within the law of the state which makes the pay of the line when passed by me, to be considered as specie.
I am yo P Pierce
John Habersham Esquire
December 22nd 1786
Dear Sir
I have received your letter of the (undecipherable) of September last respecting the pay of the three companies of your line which appear to be claimed by John Merrill Esquire - when I was in Georgia the auditor of the state produced to me the pay rolls of these companies which it appeared he had adjusted and had delivered the state securities thereon into the hands of Lieut Van Maggennow for him to deliver to the soldoers. I had then no objection to the proof exhibited for the performance of the services of these men but it was my opinion that the state ought prior to the same being passed to call W Maggenow to account and exhibit to me the receipts or discharges of the men for this reason tha the state ought not to have a audit beyond its payment and that the discharges may be lodged as a security against another claim from the soldier. I was supposed that the claim of Mr Morrill was a subsequent transaction, in which he had made a purchase of these certificates from the soldiers, a transaction with which the United States had no concern. In this opinion I still continue, and I suppose myself not authorised to consider the pay of these men as due to any individual, but on the contrary asspurned by the state and therefore according to the resolves of congress to be passed to its (undecipherable) in he same manner as I have (undecipherable) done the other advances made to the line---to give this (undecipherable) to the state it a appears essential to me that your original return and the receipts of the men and an authentic form the execution be forwarded and I believe that the certificate which I shall then issue in favor of the state will answer to Mr Morrill every purpose he can wish, that is it will place him within the law of the state which makes the pay of the line when passed by me, to be considered as specie.
I am yo P Pierce
John Habersham Esquire
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | DEL01 (361 pages) | Collection: Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853) | V:134; P:210 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | John Pierce | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | John Habersham | [unknown] | [n/a] |