Abishai Thomas Papers, PC.86

[Identification of item], PC.86, Abishai Thomas Papers, Private Collections, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.

Papers of Thomas, clerk of the General Assembly and agent for North Carolina in the settlement of public accounts after the American Revolution. Letters concern settlement of accounts be- tween the state and the United States; settlement of accounts with Col. Thomas Polk and deputy quartermaster general Nicholas Long; settlement of individual claims for damages done by American troops or for payment on certificates; problem of fraudulent certificates; allegation of collusion between agents and certificate speculators; and method of paying pensions. Correspondents include William Dickson, William Skinner, Hugh Williamson, Thomas Polk, and Alexander Martin, with drafts of letters from Thomas and fellow agent James Taylor to Alexander Hamilton, Comptroller Oliver Wolcott, and others. Also copy of request from Francis Child for any papers in the estates of Richard Caswell and William Blount relating to war- time requisitions; and depreciation accounts and service summaries for 34 officers in the North Carolina Line. 32 items, 1 folder.

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• •  Abishai Thomas Papers: Correspondence 1789-1794 and undated; Accounts 1778 and 1793
  PC.86

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Thomas, Abishai

Polk, Thomas

Long, Nicholas

Dickson, William

Skinner, William

Williamson, Hugh

Martin, Alexander

Taylor, James

Hamilton, Alexander

Wolcott, Oliver

Child, Francis

Caswell, Richard, 1729-1789

Blount, William

North Carolina. General Assembly

North Carolina Line

Governors

Colonels

Officer

Military Pensions

Clerks

Deputy Quartermasters General

Claims

Claims Adjustment

Requisitions, Military

Fraud

Speculation

Damages

Military service

United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783