Office of the Comptroller General, Letter Books and Indexes: Volume 1, May 6, 1782-August 3, 1786 (Index, loose) and part of Volume 3, May 15, 1788-December 3, 1789 (Index, loose), This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER LIBRARY: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education., Arranged chronologically by date letters were sent (May 6, 1782-July 12, 1803). Each volume is indexed alphabetically according to recipient. These volumes contain outgoing letters of the Comptroller General. Information in the letters might relate to matters regarding the settlement of accounts, collection of taxes and financial matters of the state, reports to the General Assembly, duties on enslaved individuals, Pennsylvania's quota of the national debt, salaries of government officials, and state debt. Correspondence about such matters was sent to private citizens and government and military officials on the local, state, and national level. Notable government officials and bodies to whom correspondence was sent include the Supreme Executive Council, federal treasury officers, county tax collectors, the General Assembly, and the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Disclaimer: The Pennsylvania State Archives provides digital access to a wide variety of historical documents, some of which may be considered offensive by current standards. The Archives does not endorse views expressed in these historical collections, but presents these collections to aid in scholarly research.
