A Small Advance
Document 1795In order to defray the contingent expenses of his office, Simmons requests a small advance of two hundred dollars from the Treasury out of the appropriations granted for the year 1795.
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Sir Apr. 29. [undecipherable]
In order to defray the
contingent expences of this Office
I find that it will be necessary
to have a small advance from
the Treasury, out of the appropriation
[strikethrough: undecipherable]
granted for the year 1795 I will
therefore be obliged by having an
advance of Four hundred dollars
therefor
I am Sir
very respectfully
your most obt Servt
[undecipherable: probable reading Simmons]
S W. Esq
[undecipherable]
[Wolcott]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
In order to defray the contingent expenses of his office, Simmons requests a small advance of two hundred dollars from the Treasury out of the appropriations granted for the year 1795.
Date
04/29/1795
Author
Recipient
Document number
1795042921201
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Notable persons
Oliver Wolcott, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury
William Simmons