Enclosed Receipts of J. Habersham for Warrant to be Issued by Sec. of War
Document 1794Enclosed receipt of John Habersham which acknowledged receipt of money as delivered by Samuel Meredith for incidental and contingent expenses. Warrant is to be issued in favor of Habersham.
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Treasury Department
Comptroller's Office July 7th 1794
Sir
Enclosed is a receipt of John Habersham Esquire dated June 9th 1794, for the sum of twenty nine Dollars and fifty six cents acknowledged to have been received by him from Samuel Meredith Esquire on account of the incidental and contingent expenses of the department of War. A warrant is as usual, to be issued by the Secretary of the Department of war, in favour of John Habersham for said sum, with which he is to be charged on the books of your office.
I am very respectfully
for [your] obedient Servt
[signature]
Joseph Howell Esqr
Accountant of the
War department
[Addressed to Joseph Howell Esquire, Accountant of the de-partment —]
[Endorsement: From Oliver Wolcott / Comptrollers]
[Endorsement: Comptrollers office / [undecipherable] [undecipherable] / for the [undecipherable]]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed receipt of John Habersham which acknowledged receipt of money as delivered by Samuel Meredith for incidental and contingent expenses. Warrant is to be issued in favor of Habersham.
Date
07/07/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Comptroller's Office
Document number
1794070770101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Joseph Howell
Oliver Wolcott
John Habersham
Samuel Meredith
auditory War Department
Treasury Department
Notable locations
Comptroller's Office
War Department
Notable items
receipt
expenses
warrant
incidental
cost
settlement of accounts
contingent
warrant
books

