Records of the Office of the Register General, Warrant Books, 1789-1794 and Warrant Register, 1797-1802, 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 entry date. A record of the warrants paid and issued by the Commonwealth through the Office of the Register General. Most relate to salary, pensions, and state debt payments to individual persons. Volume 1 is split into sections of pension accounts, warrant unpaid by a certain date, warrants issued after a certain date, etc., and for each category shows the following data: account number, date of warrant, entry date, and to whom payable/issued and for what, starting warrant value, and current value. The section, Warrants Issued after July 1st, 1792, also includes three more columns for to whom the warrant was delivered, particular amount of the warrant, and the general amount of the state debt to that point. Volume 2 shows an entry date, dollar amount, and explanation for each payment including the account number. Volume 3 is a register of warrant accounts that provides the following information: warrant number, date issued, entry date, payment explanation, date paid, and amount of warrant. All volumes total monetary amounts at the bottom of each page and then add them to the overall total of that volume at the end of a section, if applicable.
