Mounting Artillery on Governors Island
Document 1794The United States will only pay the expenses for mounting her own cannon so if any of the state business is blended in Stevens' account, it should be deducted and certified by the Commanding Officer of the fortification on Governor's Island.
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W.D. Accountants Office
Novemr 26th 1794
Sir
You are charged on my Books with fifteen hundred dollars received by you in June 1793 for the use of the Contingent expenses of this department. You will be pleased immediately on receipt hereof to transmit your accounts and vouchers of the expenditure of this sum.
Mr. Nicholas Hoffman
New York
I am Sir &c.
Joseph Howell
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
The United States will only pay the expenses for mounting her own cannon so if any of the state business is blended in Stevens' account, it should be deducted and certified by the Commanding Officer of the fortification on Governor's Island.
Date
12/29/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1794122921055
Page start
404
Notable persons
Colonel Ebenezer Stevens
Joseph Howell
Notable locations
New York
Accountant's Office