- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Pay Role [sic] for the guard [of] the Indian hostags [sic], 1787 Jan. [to] 1787 Feb. / [prepared by] Capt[ain] James Pearre; [audited by] John Wereat
- Date of Original:
- 1787-01/1787-02
- Subject:
- Indians of North America--Government relations
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- accounts
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- A list of rations, pay roll and expenses from January to February 1787 for the men commanded by Captain James Pearre guarding the Indian hostages to the state of Georgia. John Wereat, auditor, makes note of discrepancies in Pearre's acounting. This document was probably the enclosure of tcc172 of the Southeastern Native American Documents Database.
Digital image of original manuscript, scanned by the University of Georgia Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- tcc168
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc168
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc168#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_tcc168/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Telamon Cuyler, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 4 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Telamon Cuyler, box 78, folder 02, document 02.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Capt. [Captain] James Pearre's Acct. [Account]
1787
Page: [2]
State of Gorga
[unclear text: Dr ]
To Capt. James Pearre
For [illegible text] Pay Role
A Pay Role for the Guard [unclear text: on ] the Indian Hostags Commanded by Capt. James Pearre
Jany [January] 23th 1787
Days [unclear text: sargent [sergeant] ] [illegible text] [unclear text: Sum per Day ] Amount of [document is torn]
Capt. [Captain] 7 6/ 2 2 --
Sargent [sergeant] 7 2 2/6 1 15 --
[unclear text: Privats [Privates] ] 7 10 2/
7 0 --
[unclear text: L ] 7 7/
2 9 --
13 6
A Pay Role for the Guard [unclear text: our ] the Indian Hostags [Hostages] Commanded by Capt. James Pearre
January 30th 1787
Day [unclear text: sargant [sergeant] ] [unclear text: P ] [unclear text: Sum in Day ] Amount of Pay
Capt. [Captain] 7 6/ 2 2 --
[illegible text] 7 7/ 2 9 --
[unclear text: Privats [Privates] ] 7 6 2 4 4 --
[unclear text: Sargent [sergeant] ] 7 1 2/6 19 6
9 12 6
A Pay Role for the Guard [unclear text: and ] the Indian Hostags [Hostages] Commanded by Capt. James Pearre
Feby [February] 6th 1787
Day [illegible text] [unclear text: P ] [unclear text: Sum in Day ] Amount of Pay
Capt. [Captain] 7 6/ 2 2 --
[illegible text] 7 7/ 2 3 --
[unclear text: Sargent [Sergeant] ] 7 2/6 17 6
[unclear text: Privats [Privates] ] 7 6 2/ 4 4 --
9 12 6
The Hole [Whole] amount £ 72.12.3 [illegible text] [document damaged]
Page: [3]
State of Georgia
[unclear text: Dr ]
To Capt. James [unclear text: Pear ]
For [unclear text: Rasion [Ration] Issued to ] the Guard and Indian Hostags [Hostages] & [illegible text] & [unclear text: express & [added text: Hoses ] Corn for ]
Jany [January] 23 To 26 Rasions [Rations] at 1/6 per Rasion [Ration] 1 19 --
24 To 26 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] at 1/6 [unclear text: per Do [Ditto] ] 1 19 --
25 To 26 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] at 1/6 [unclear text: per Do [Ditto] ] 1 19 --
26 To 26 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] at 1/6 [unclear text: per Do [Ditto] ] 1 19 --
27 To 26 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] at 1/6 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] 1 19 --
28 To 26 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] at 1/6 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] 1 19 --
29 To 26 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] at 1/6 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] 1 19
Weeks Rasions [Rations] 132 the Amount £13 13
Jany [January] 30 To 26 Rasions [Rations] at 1/6 [unclear text: per Rasions [Rations] ] 1 19 --
31 To 26 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] at 1/6 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] 1 19 --
Fey [February] 1 To 26 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] at 1/6 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] 1 19 --
2 To 21 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] at 1/6 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] 1 10 6
3 To 21 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] at 1/6 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] 1 10 6
4 To 21 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] at 1/6 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] 1 10 6
5 To 21 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] at 1/6 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] 1 10 6
Weeks [unclear text: rasions [rations] ] 162 the Amount £11 17 [unclear text: 0 ]
Feby 6 [February] To 21 Rasions [Rations] at 1/6 [unclear text: per Rasion [Ration] ] 1 10 6
7 To 21 [unclear text: Rasions [Rations] ] at 1/6 [unclear text: per Do [Ditto] ] 1 10 6
8 To 21 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] at 1/6 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] 1 10 6
9 To 21 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] at 1/6 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] 1 10 6
10 To 21 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] at 1/6 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] 1 10 6
11 To 21 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] at 1/6 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] 1 10 6
12 To 21 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] at 1/6 [unclear text: Do [Ditto] ] 1 10 6
Weeks [unclear text: rasions [rations] 127 ] bushels the Amount £10 13 6
[unclear text: To 3 ] [unclear text: Weeks ]
To 10 1/2 of Corn at 3/6 1 16 9
To 3 [unclear text: Cords ] of Wood 14/ 2 2
3 18 9
[document damaged] [unclear text: the yer [year] ] 13 13
[document damaged] 11 17 6
[document damaged] [unclear text: £ ] 10 13
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To 1 Month [unclear text: Hous [House] ] Rent [deleted text: ] £ 4.2 The Hole [Whole] Amount £ 76.14.3 I Do [deleted text: [illegible text] ] [unclear text: Verify ] the account to [unclear text: bee ] just and [unclear text: True ]
[Signed] James Pearre
Capt. [Captain] of the Guard
Amount of pay brought over £ 32.11. --
Expences [Expenses] for Rations [unclear text: &c [et cetera] ] 40.2.3
Error in Casting agt. [against] the claimant .2. --
£72.15.3
In the foregoing Account the Guard appears to be lessened and rations increased, both in number and price. When those alteration are accounted for to the satisfaction of the Honorable the Executive the Account will stand as above and the Sum due thereon will be Seventy five pounds fifteen Shillings & three pence
[Signed] John [unclear text: Wereat ] Auditor