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Pierce Certificate Accounts (Roll 5967)

Office of the Comptroller General, Ownership Certificates, 1782-1787: William Thompson, Brigadier General; 1st Pennsylvania Battalion; Pennsylvania Regiments 1st-11th, 13th; Flying Camp; and Artillery Artificers., 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., This series is organized into the following subseries: Pay Roll Books, Voucher Indexes, Ownership Certificates, and an Account of Certificate Loaned to the United States. It contains a record of certificates signed by John Pierce who was Paymaster General and Commissioner of Accounts for the United States Continental Army. Certificates were issued to the men of the Pennsylvania line in lieu of cash. The certificates bore 6% interest and have an official date of July 1, 1784. Ownership certificates (1782-1787) in this series are grouped according to regiment. The men and officers listed in the volumes are also grouped according to regiment and thereunder numerically by the certificate number which they owned. It should be noted that the certificates in this series are only the ownership claim certificates where the men swear that the vouchers and certificates which they have are not fraudulent or stolen. The original certificates and vouchers which they were issued are not in this series and were probably lost over time. However, the certificates include such information as the name of the holder, the date the original certificate was issued, the number of the original certificate, and the amount of the certificate. Disclaimer: The Pennsylvania State Archives provides digital access to a wide variety of historical documents, some of which may be considered offensive by current standards.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.
APA citation style
(1782). Pierce Certificate Accounts (Roll 5967). Retrieved from https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3A1170179
MLA citation style
Pierce Certificate Accounts (Roll 5967). no date. Pennsylvania. Comptroller-General's Office, 1782.
Chicago Citation Style citation style
“Pierce Certificate Accounts (Roll 5967)”, Pierce’s Certificate Accounts, circa 1784-1793, 1782. https://digitalarchives.powerlibrary.org/psa/islandora/object/psa%3A1170179.
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