Mishandling blank certificates

Item

Type

Autograph Draft Letter

Title

Mishandling blank certificates

Description

The Commissioner of Army Accounts discusses various officers whose accounts have not yet been settled and scolds Dunscomb for the way he mishandled several blank certificates.

year created

1787

month created

02

day created

06

author

sent from location

New York

recipient

in image

note

This letter is not signed, but is probably written by John Pierce.

notable person/group

Andrew Dunscomb
John Pierce
Ambrose Gordon
Jonathan Fitzgerald
Auditors
Army
Thomas Holt
Holman Minnis
Churchill Jones
Taliaferro
Harrison
White

notable location

New York

notable item/thing

account
money
dollars
charges
papers
returns
musters
files
offices
certificates

document number

1787020621001

page start

1

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) XZO13 (3 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript file) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) B: 370
[view document] (3 pages) DEL01 (361 pages) Collection: Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853) V:134; P:229-231

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author John Pierce New York [n/a]
Recipient Andrew Dunscomb [unknown] [n/a]