Pay and Certificates

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Pay and Certificates

Description

From the letter book of Joseph Howell, Assistant Commissioner of Army Accounts in the Board of Treasury's Office of Army Accounts.
Discusses pay the pay certificates for a regiment, certificates for the soldiers of the invalid corps. Discusses the case of a regimental pay agent who defrauded the regiment's soldiers by absconding with their pay.

year created

1788

month created

04

day created

25

author

John Avery Jr

sent from location

Boston

recipient

John Pierce

in collection

Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)

in image

DEA01

notable person/group

John Pierce
John Avery Jr
Captain Patton
artificers
Colonel Baldwin
Colonel Balwin's regiment
soldiers
invalid corps
agent
agents
Mr. Nelson
3rd Regiment
Colonel Greaton
Colonel Greaton's regiment
Mr. Hamlin
4th Regiment
soldiers
Captain Nelson

notable location

Boston
Boston
Massachusetts
West Point

notable item/thing

16 April
request
settlement
certificates
balances
list
paid
vouchers
payment
applications
regiment
defrauded
dues
settlement
balances
villainy

notable phrase

final settlement certificates
balances due
paid
Mr. Hamlin agent for the 4th Regiment who has acted a very base part in defrauding the soldiers of their [hard] earned dues and has absconded himself
I think it exceedingly hard that the soldiers should be deprived of their several balances through the villainy of their agent

document number

1788042570055

page start

16

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[view document] (1 pages) DEA01 (173 pages) Collection: Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853) V: 138, P: 16

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author John Avery Jr Boston [n/a]
Recipient John Pierce [unknown] [n/a]