Reports of Committee of the Assembly on State of Public Accounts (PA) 1778-1780

About This Collection

A record of orders (working contracts) granted to sundry individuals for work to be done on the Assembly meeting room. Typical information included might be the name of the person receiving the order, a brief description of the work to be done, and the amount he was to be paid. Also included in these volumes is an account of money paid to the Assemblymen, their names and positions in the Assembly, the number of days they attended Assembly meetings, the mileage traveled by each Assemblyman, and the reimbursement they received for travel. Additional information in the volumes includes the accounts of the paymasters for the county militias, accounts of taxes collected in various counties, and a record of recruiting officers' accounts for each county and who the various officers were in those counties. Images are arranged chronologically by date of monetary transaction. This collection is part of the Office of the Comptroller General which was created in 1782.