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Clerks in the War Office
Cover for an account of the clerks employed in the War Department Accountant's office and their salaries.
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Claude P. Pourcheresse's pay
Notification that he will receive his pay per his account for compensation.
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Clarification on Difference in Pay
The difference in pay between John Saunders and Lieut. Triplett arises from an increase of pay being allowed to Lieutenants to commence in July.
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Claims of William Matthews
Discusses the claims contained in the petition of William Matthews.
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Claims of officers and pay issues
Discusses two claims for balances of bounty by Joseph Head and Sfafford, Discusses accounting of pay due to deserters and the method of mustering artificers. Cited in Rochefontaine to Simmons, …
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Claims for land
Discusses the claims of Captain John Pierce, Ensign Joseph Pierce, and Lieutenant John Stoers of the 15th Massachusetts Regiment in the Continental Army submitted by Foster for their possible grants …
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Claims for bounty
Forwards two claims received from Colonel Rochefontaine at West Point for balances of bounty due to James Head and Isaac Spafford. Advises Freeman of policy on pay of bounty due for enlisting soldiers …
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Claims denied
Notifies Orr that the claims he submitted to the War Office are inadmissible.
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Claim precluded from settlement
Notifies Van Allen that his claim in behalf of Captain Derrick Lane is precluded from settlement by an Act of Congress
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Claim of Captain Fauche
Simmons discusses his reasons for recommending the denial of the claim of the militia of the state of Georgia in favor of Captain Jonas Fauche that was referred to the Secretary of War by the U. S. …
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Claim inadmissible
Informs Kileltas that the claim of Mr. Ebenezer Woods for his services as a dragoon in Colonel Lee's Corps (Legion) in the Revolutionary War is inadmissible due an act of limitations passed by …
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Claim for bounty
Cover for claim for bounty by William Mullhall and Joshua Curney with order for Nehemiah Freeman to pay the claim
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Claim and abstract
Cover letter for claim for militia services in South Carolina and Georgia and an abstract of monies expended for the military establishment in 1796.
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Cheeseman's pay
Notification that his account for pay has been approved and that he will receive his pay from Nicholas Fish, federal supervisor in New York.
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Charges on Accountant Office books; request for vouchers of expenditures received by Indian Dept.
Simmons tells Governor St. Clair that he stands charged on the books for the sum of $850.00 paid on account of the Indian Department. Simmons notes that in pursuance with a resolution of the House of …
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Charges not appropriate for the War Office
Discusses a copy of an account book of the War Department agent in Knoxville Hillis sent to the War Office; explains that many of the charges are not ones settled at the War Department
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Charges for stored articles
Simmons requests information on the proportion of Military Stores Department articles stored with other material on a wharf and warehouses in Philadelphia.
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Charges for storage
Requests to know whether McHenry will allow rent charges of Samuel Hodgdon for storage of Military Stores Department materiel at a wharf
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Charges for "secret services"
Notification to Brigadier General Wilkinson that the Secretary of war will admit his account on the expectation that the general will account to him for monies expended for "secret services" for which …
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Charge on the War Office books
Notification to Major hunt that he is charged on the books of the War Office with a sum of money paid to him (incomplete letter, missing second page)
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Charge for waiter not allowed
Notifies Greaton that the charge in Greaton's account for pay and subsistence for subsisting his "waiter" cannot be paid from the War Department by the direction of the Secretary of War. The soldier …
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Charge as battalion adjutant not allowed
Notifies Freeman that a charge on the payroll of the 4th Battalion at West Point for an officer, Mr. Dransey, acting as adjutant cannot be allowed as no members of the battalion are present at West …
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Certification of salary
Certification of money due to Michael G. Houdin, Ordnance and Military Storekeeper at Albany, New York, for his salary payable to Samuel Hodgdon.
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)Certification of payments; West Point Detachment
Certification that $35.40 is due a detachment of the 1st Regiment of Infantry in the service of the Ordnance Department at West Point, being their pay for November 1797, which sum is to be transmitted …
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, Apr 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)Certification of payments; Valentine Hoffman
Certification of payment $140.47 Valentine Hoffman for blacksmith work done in repair of gun carriages from 1 August to 15 December.
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, Apr 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
