Continental and State Money Account Book (PA) 1783-1784

About This Collection

This collection contains a ledger of monetary transactions conducted by the state. The ledger contains a record of how some of the 500,000 pounds approved by the General Assembly on April 7, 1781 was spent. It also includes a record of military fines collected, an account of taxes paid by the counties, income from marriage licenses sold, an account of sales of forfeited estates, a record of state money paid for new continental money, and the balance contained in the treasury in its various accounts. Images are arranged chronologically according to the dates money was received or disbursed. This collection is part of the Office of the Comptroller General which was created in 1782.