Payments Made by Virginia for the United States, May 1779 to July 1780, [19 July 1780]
Payments Made by Virginia for the United States, May 1779 to July 1780
Monies answered for the Continent from May 21. 1779. to July 19. 1780.
| Quarter master’s departmt. | |
| 1. Charles Petitt | £294,000 |
| 2. William Finnie | 750,000 |
| 3. George Elliot | 735,000.13 |
| 4. Stephen Southall | 196,442 |
| 5. Gressitt Davies | 10,800 |
| 6. Richard Young | 10,000 |
| Commissary’s. | |
| 7. Chaloner & White | 705,000 |
| 8. Robert Forsyth | 173,200 |
| 9. Ephraim Blaine | 450,000 |
| Other purposes. | |
| 10. Ambrose Gordon to recruit Baylor’s regiment | 20,000 |
| 11. John White & Joseph Gray by warrt. Feb. 12. for Georgia |
90,000 |
| 12. Joseph Carleton P. M. Board of war | 80,000 |
| 13. Jonathan Burrell Assist. P. M. Genl. | 3,000 |
| 14. Majr. Galvan in part of warrant B. Harrison | 3,000 |
| 15. do. by order on sheriff of Norfolk | 3,000 |
| 16. different officers to subsist militia on their march Southwd. |
29,890 |
| 17. Brig. Genl. Stevens for military chest to militia | 125,000 |
| 18. Daniel Call to purchase horses for Washington & White |
28,808 |
| 19. William Claiborne for do. | 5,000 |
| 20. Miles Selden for do. | 32,300 |
| 21. Commrs in the several counties for do. (not exactly known) about |
662,000 |
| 4,404,440.13 | |
| Amount of the requisitions of Congress | 3,180,000 |
| Overpaid Dollars 4,081,368⅚ = | £1,224,440.13 |
| No. | 1. | this is made up of No. 4.5.9.15. of the Treasurer’s certif. |
| 2. | see No. 2.6.7.10.14.22. Treasurer’s certif. | |
| 3. | made up of No. 19. Treas. certif. & Elliott’s return of certificates issu[ed.] | |
| 4. | made up of No. 20. Treas. certif. & Southall’s return of certif. issued. | |
| 5. | see No. 21. Treas’s certif. | |
| 6. | see No. 16. Treas. certif. | |
| 7. | see No. 12. & 17. Treas. certif. | |
| 8. | see No. 1. 11. 13. 26. Treas. certif. | |
| 9. | see No. 23. Treas. certif. | |
| 10. | see No. 3. Treas. certif. | |
| 11. | see No. 8. Treas. certif. for £60,000. and the balas. £30,000 was paid by John [. . . .] | |
| 12. | see No. 24. Treas. certif. | |
| 13. | see No. 25. Treas. certif. | |
| 14. | see No. 17. Auditor’s certif. this was paid by the Treasurer on the Gov’s orde[r.] | |
| 15. | this order was given by the Govr. & inclosed by T. Newton. | |
| 16. | see No. 18. Auditor’s certif. | |
| 17. | the Treasurer can certify this to have been paid (to Majr. Mosby I think) | |
| 18. | see No. 16. Treasurer’s certif. | |
| 19. | see Council books | |
| 20. | see Council books | |
| 21. | there are 60 horses still to be purchased by Call, Selden, & the Claibornes a[nd] 160 by commrs. in several counties, which will average probably £3[ ] |
Tabular MS (DLC), entirely in TJ’s hand.
This table, with its appended list of vouchers supporting the figures given, is Virginia’s account against the United States drawn up in preparation for TJ’s answer to Pres. Huntington’s letter of 21 June 1780. The answer was sent on 27 July, q.v., and a copy of the present statement was enclosed therein.