Settlement With Contractors Must be Done at This Office!
Document 1795Howell informs Griffith that he will receive the balance of his pay from Lieutenant Geddes. He admonishes Griffith that he should not have taken money in lieu of forage from the Contractor. All such transactions should be settled by Howell's office so Griffith must refund the money to the Contractor.
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The United States Dr
To Capt Daniel Tilton
For his Pay from the 1st of
[lower panel, address side:]
[undecipherable]
To Richard Griffith
[undecipherable] Baltimore
Department of War
Accountants Office
July 3d 1795
Sir,
You will receive from [undecipherable] the sum of One hundred & seventeen dollars being the balance of your pay [strikethrough: there] from the 5th of June the date of your Acceptance to the 31st of December 1794 inclusive, — & I am informed that you have recd your forage from the Contractor, this you should not have done but have settled at this Office; you will please therefore refund this Money to the Contractor, & inform me of it, & when [strikethrough: the] your pay for the month of Janu[ar]y 1795 is transmitted I will likewise send you the amount of your forage — from the date of your Acceptance, you will transmit the rect of the Contractor to this [Office] —
I am &c
Richard Griffith J. Howell
Surgeon Mate
Baltimore
Type
Draft Letter Signed
Description
Howell informs Griffith that he will receive the balance of his pay from Lieutenant Geddes. He admonishes Griffith that he should not have taken money in lieu of forage from the Contractor. All such transactions should be settled by Howell's office so Griffith must refund the money to the Contractor.
Date
02/03/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Department of War
Document number
1795020321001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Richard Griffith, Surgeon's Mate
Joseph Howell
Notable locations
Baltimore
Department of War, Accountant's Office

