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- GLC#
- GLC01605
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 26 March 1784
- Author/Creator
- Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804
- Title
- [Salary account for service in the Continental Congress]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 3 p. : docket ; Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.5 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- Creating a New Government
Lists his salary for a 240 day term he served for the state of New York from 25 November 1782 to 30 July 1783 at five dollars a day for a total of $524. Also lists traveling expenses for 14 days. Lists credits to his account of $460 leaving a balance of $64. Mentions credits from Udnay Hay, W. Comfort Sands, and William Floyd. Hamilton signed at the bottom that he received the balance from Governor George Clinton. Autograph note signed by Peter S. Curtenius, the New York State auditor on the second page certifies that Hamilton is owed the $64.
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