Office of the Comptroller General, Ownership Certificates, 1782-1787: 2nd and 3rd Continental Regiments; 4th Continental Artillery; 4th Continental Dragoons; Hazen's Canadian Old Regiment; German Regiment; Hospital Department; Invalid Regiment; Pennsylvania Regiment of Cavalry; Pennsylvania State Regiment Artillery, Proctors; Lee's Legion; Units Unidentified; and Account of Certificates Loaned the United States, Signed by John Pierce, 1793., 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. The Account of Certificates Loaned to the United States is a ledger showing all certificates signed by John Pierce for Pennsylvania which were loaned to the United States. Entries are arranged in rising numerical order of certificate number and show the owner's name and the date of issue. Disclaimer: The Pennsylvania State Archives provides digital access to a wide variety of historical documents, some of which may be considered offensive by current standards.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.
