Specie Day Book and Waste Books (PA) 1775-1790

About This Collection

A record relating to the payment and settlement of public money, kept by Comptroller General John Nicholson for the purpose of auditing, liquidating and adjusting Commonwealth accounts. Although the entries are dated from 1775-1790, the actual books were probably compiled in the late 1780s or early 1790s for auditing purposes. Information provided includes a description of each transaction, the amounts involved, the page numbers of the corresponding entries in the RG04/55- Specie Ledger, 1775-1790 and RG04/54- Specie Journals, 1775-1790, both of which are digitized, and often the date of the transaction. Images are arranged chronologically by date of transaction. This collection is part of the Office of the Comptroller General which was created in 1782.