Account of Luke Day
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Account of Luke Day
Description
Encloses a statement of the account of Luke Day, late Captain in Colonel Alden's Regiment for recruiting.
short description
Account of Luke Day
year created
1791
month created
06
day created
04
author
sent from location
Accountant's Office
recipient
in image
notable person/group
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
Joseph Howell
Luke Day
Colonel Alden
Lieutenant Benjamin Read
cadets
Captain Luke Day
Lieutenant Colonel Stacey
auditor
notable location
Accountant's Office
Office of Army's Accounts
notable item/thing
account
statement
recruiting service
emissions account
book of the office
document number
1791060421001
page start
1
transcription
June 4 1791
to Oliver Wolcott J
on the Afc' of Cap. Luke Day
Office of (late) Army Account
June 4 1791
Sir,
Enclosed is a statement of the account of Luke Day late Capt. in Col. Alden, Rep. for Recruiting--the Card its given by Capt. Day are all voluntary, but which are qualifyed to agreeable to roster prescribed on [undecipherable] the balance old [undecipherable] Accounts of Colo. Alden & LtColo. Stacey do not appiar to have been settled neither in these any monies charged Capt. Day in the Books of this office. I therefore take it for granted that the sums credited on this account are the whole received by Capt. Day for the Recruiting Service--the subsistence due Lieut Benjamin Read is retained subject to his orders as no authority is produced by Capt. Day to receive it--
I am Sir
JHowell
Oliver Wolcott Jr Esc
Auditor of the Treasury
to Oliver Wolcott J
on the Afc' of Cap. Luke Day
Office of (late) Army Account
June 4 1791
Sir,
Enclosed is a statement of the account of Luke Day late Capt. in Col. Alden, Rep. for Recruiting--the Card its given by Capt. Day are all voluntary, but which are qualifyed to agreeable to roster prescribed on [undecipherable] the balance old [undecipherable] Accounts of Colo. Alden & LtColo. Stacey do not appiar to have been settled neither in these any monies charged Capt. Day in the Books of this office. I therefore take it for granted that the sums credited on this account are the whole received by Capt. Day for the Recruiting Service--the subsistence due Lieut Benjamin Read is retained subject to his orders as no authority is produced by Capt. Day to receive it--
I am Sir
JHowell
Oliver Wolcott Jr Esc
Auditor of the Treasury
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | CDZ08 (2 pages) | Collection: Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript file) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) | B: 38 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Joseph Howell | Accountant's Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Oliver Wolcott, Jr. | [unknown] | [n/a] |