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Daniel Chamier Jr. Letters and Accounts to John Chamier, 1787 January 10-1790 May 25
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
Three letters, along with two accounts containing calculations, from Daniel Chamier Jr. in London to John Chamier in India and New Zealand regarding the state of the Daniel Chamier accounts. In a three-page letter (January 10, 1787) to John Chamier, then Secretary at War in Madras, India, Daniel Chamier Jr. apprises his relative of the steps he has taken with the Office for Auditing the Public Accounts in clearing up the accounts of his father. He includes the text of a letter from Jonathan Wigglesworth in the Public Accounts Office. A later letter (January 22, 1789) discusses his examination of vouchers and progress toward settling the accounts and also mentions reports of King George III's deteriorating health and mental capacity, as well as the potential political implications. In another letter (May 25, 1790), Daniel Chamier Jr. asks if John Chamier will authorize his attorneys to provide a salary of one guinea per week for the work he has been undertaking on settling the estate, noting that his request for compensation from the government has been rejected. There are also two enclosures prepared by Daniel Chamier Jr., likely both included with the 1789 letter. One, dated January 1789, is an exact calculation of the pay due to Daniel Chamier on his last two commissions during his service as Commissary General and Auditor General from April 1776 through his death in November 1778. Chamier was paid 2 pounds per day through January 1777, and 3 pounds per day after that, for a total salary owed him of 2610 pounds. The second enclosure tallies the accounts of monies in the warrants issued to Daniel Chamier by generals Frederick Haldimand, William Howe, and Thomas Gage during the American Revolution, totaling some 175,000 pounds. Tallies on the following two pages show "A List of Accounts delivered into the Auditor's Office supported by Vouchers," as well as a brief register of the "Personal Estate of the Deceased."
- Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Collection History
- Appraisal
No materials were separated during 2017 processing.
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- Credit this material:
Daniel Chamier Jr. Letters and Accounts to John Chamier; Daniel Chamier Revolutionary War Financial Documents, C1560, Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (hsvm)
- Box 1
