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Swan, Caleb (1758-1809) Statement of Colonel John Crane's old emission accounts

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.03900 Author/Creator: Swan, Caleb (1758-1809) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 17 June 1788 - 19 June 1788 Pagination: 13 p. ; 30.5 x 18.9 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Caleb Swan for John Pierce, Paymaster General, 17 June 1788 in the Pay Office at New York (front cover). Signed 19 June 1788 by Joseph Howell, [Junior] Assistant Commissary, in the Office of Army Accounts at New York (page 13). Includes details of John Crane's account with the United States from 1776-1779. Pertains to recruiting accounts.

Howell was auditor of accounts of the War Department until the adoption of the Federal Constitution, when he was appointed Paymaster General of the Army. He held this office until his death. Howell was also secretary of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati 1791-1793. Paymaster-General John Pierce died in August 1788.

Swan, Caleb, 1758-1809
Howell, Joseph, 1750-1798
Crane, John, 1744-1805
Pierce, John, d. 1788
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Military History
Revolutionary War
Finance
Artillery
Continental Army
Soldier's Pay
Recruitment
Government and Civics
Creating a New Government

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