Record Of Payment From John Crane To John Pierce 25 July 1786 PDF Download

Documents relating to pay certificates (referred to as "continental certificates" or "final settlement notes", used as currency which often changed hands), issued by John Pierce, U.S. Paymaster General and Commissioner of Army Accounts and Benjamin Thompson, Commissioner of Accounts in New Jersey who had the authority by resolution of the Continental Congress to settle accounts with New Jersey citizens who served in the U.S. Army during the American Revolution. Includes booklet containing returns of certificates, issued by Pierce, recording certificate number, check letter, soldiers' name, interest commencement date and amount, etc.; account labeled "A List of Certificates Left at the Treasury Office by John Peck and John Blair, Agents Appointed to Deliver the Said Certificates to the New Jersey Line" containing list of recipients of Pierce's certificates which were either claimed by the soldier or his representative; registry (1786) of Pierce's certificates, with corrections (1789); accounts of yearly interest payments made by the state treasurer on Pierce's notes; and abstracts of accounts of interest paid on PIerce's and Thompson's notes (1785-1791).