Contemporary Copy of Letter

Discussion of Pension Payment to Rhode Island Invalids

Olney has received the list of pensioners from Knox. There is a discrepancy between it and the one which Olney prepared: Abiel Weaver is being overpaid.

Ltr, dis payment of Invalid pensions.

1790

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02

Providence

Henry Knox

Jeremiah Olney

Abiel Weaver

Providence

Rhode Island

return of invalids

warrant

payment

pensions

inspection

by mistake he is carried out in the return

of consequence the nine dollars will remain for me to account

Secretary of the Treasury

honored with your favor

enclosing a return of the invalids of this state

warrant thereon for the payment of their pensions

comparing said return with my original entries of inspection

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|Copy| Letter
to the Secretary of War
2ndMarch 1790
Province 2nd March 1790
Sir
I have been honor'd with your favr of 19th Ulto enclosing a Return of the invalids of this State with your Warrant thereon for the payment of their pensions Respectively--on comparing said Return with my original Entries of Inspection, I find it to agree. Except in the Instance of Abiel Weaver--the allowance made him was only 2 1/2 Doll. per month [test?] by mistake he is carried out in the Return sent me at the Rate of 4 Dollars per month, which makes an over[undecipherable] Sum of 9 Dollars for one [undecipherable]--I shall take care that he is paid at the Rate of 2 1/2 Dollars per month only--of consequence the Nine Dollars will Remain for me to account
The Honorable the Secretary of the Treasury as you promised has furnished me with only [undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable]
I have the Honor to beSirYour Most Obed.Humbl ServtJereh Olney
Honble Secretary at War--