Enclosure: Lafayette’s Revolutionary War Account, 24 December 1793

Enclosure

Lafayette’s Revolutionary War Account

[24 December 1793]

Dollars Received of Mr Trumbull1 the 31st March 1778 on his private account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1700. He paid in May 1778, to Capn Celeron2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80. Leaving this sum to be accounted for, to be reduced at 5 for one, 1620. will equal specie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dollars 324. His pay as Major General from the 31st July 1777 to the 31st December 1780, 41 months & 1 day a[t] 166 dollars p. Month. . . . 6811.48 Deduct as above stated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324. Balance on interest from the 1st Jany 1781 . . . . . . . . . . . . 6487.48/90 His pay for the year 1781 on interest 1st Jany 1782 . . . . . . . 1992. His pay for the year 1782 interest 1st Jany 1783 . . . . . . . . . 1992. His pay from the 1st Jany to the 3d Nov: 1783 . . . . . . . . . . 1676.54 Commutation of 5 years full pay in lieu of half during life . . . 9960. . . . . . . . . . . . . Dollars 11,636.54/90 Summary Balance to the 1st Jany 1781 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6487.48 Pay of the year 1781 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992. Pay of . . . . . . . 1782 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1992. Ditto . . . . . . . . 1783 & commutn . . . . . . . . . . . 11,636.54 To extra pay, while on separate command, suppose one year the precise time to be ascertained a future period . . . . . 1992. Dollars 24100.12/90

War Department Accountants office December 24th 1793 Signed Joseph Howell Accountant.

Copy, DNA: RG 46, Third Congress, 1793–95, Senate Records of Legislative Proceedings, President’s Messages; copy, DNA: RG 46, Transcribed Reports and Communications Transmitted by the Executive Branch to the U.S. Senate, 1789–1819. War Department Chief Clerk John Stagg, Jr., certified that the account was a “Copy—Original on file in the war office.”

1. Jonathan Trumbull, Jr. (1740–1809), served as Continental paymaster general for the northern department from 1775 to 1778. In 1793 he was a congressman from Connecticut, and he later became a senator and governor of that state.

2. Paul-Louis Céloron de Blainville (b. 1753) became a lieutenant in the Continental army in 1777 and was promoted to captain in 1778. He was captured at Charleston in 1780 and resigned his commission in 1782.

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Title: Enclosure: Lafayette’s Revolutionary War Account, 24 December 1793
Author: Lafayette, Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de
Date: 24 December 1793

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Cite as: “Enclosure: Lafayette’s Revolutionary War Account, 24 December 1793,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-14-02-0399-0002. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 14, 1 September–31 December 1793, ed. David R. Hoth. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2008, pp. 645–646.]