Account information
Item
Type
Letterbook Copy
Title
Account information
Description
Informs Captain Croxall that, upon receipt of his depreciation account, he will allow pay to the time of his prisoner exchange and a year's pay upon his appointment as a retiring officer.
year created
1787
month created
01
day created
15
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
in collection
in image
author note
John Pierce
recipient note
Captain Charles Croxall
notable person/group
Charles Croxall
John Pierce
Patton
Colonel Hartly
prisoners
notable location
New York
United States
notable item/thing
your claim upon the United States
prisoner
resolution of June 30th, 1786
your accounts
principles of this resolution
certified copy of your depreciation account
settlement
your appointment as a retiring officer
years pay
time of your exchange
certificate
your commission
public records
records
document number
1787011521255
page start
215
transcription
New York Jannuary 15th 1787
Sir,
I have considered your claim upon the United states and find that you were made a prisoner on the 20th of September 1774 and that you were exchanged on the seventh of November 1780. that during this time [illegible] on the 1st of May 1779 the regiment in which you belonged was incorporated with that of Pattons - and that you were omitted in that arrangement and then considered as retiring from the Service. You are therefore comprehended within the resolution of June 30th 1786 of which I enclose a copy __ I will settle your accounts on the principles of this resolution on your obtaining a certified copy of your depreciated accound settled with the State which settlement will allow you Pay to the time of your exchange and the years Pay on your appointment as a retiering Officer __ The certificate you prodcue from Coll. Hartly is that he is not sensible that you resigned your Commission which is conformable tot he Public records, it therefore places you on no better footing than those records, and inteed it must be presumed that the Colonel has no official means of information respecting the Officers of his regiment after February 15th 1779. When he resigned his appointment in the army
Pierce
Capt. Ch.e Croxally
Sir,
I have considered your claim upon the United states and find that you were made a prisoner on the 20th of September 1774 and that you were exchanged on the seventh of November 1780. that during this time [illegible] on the 1st of May 1779 the regiment in which you belonged was incorporated with that of Pattons - and that you were omitted in that arrangement and then considered as retiring from the Service. You are therefore comprehended within the resolution of June 30th 1786 of which I enclose a copy __ I will settle your accounts on the principles of this resolution on your obtaining a certified copy of your depreciated accound settled with the State which settlement will allow you Pay to the time of your exchange and the years Pay on your appointment as a retiering Officer __ The certificate you prodcue from Coll. Hartly is that he is not sensible that you resigned your Commission which is conformable tot he Public records, it therefore places you on no better footing than those records, and inteed it must be presumed that the Colonel has no official means of information respecting the Officers of his regiment after February 15th 1779. When he resigned his appointment in the army
Pierce
Capt. Ch.e Croxally
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (361 pages) | DEL01 (361 pages) | Collection: Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853) | V:134; P:215 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | John Pierce | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Charles Croxall | [unknown] | [n/a] |