About This Collection
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. Images are arranged chronologically by entry date. This collection is part of the Office of the Register General which was created in 1789.
