William Simmons discusses pay, finance and accounting with Ensign Martin
Document 1795William Simmons issues Ensign Martin's pay roll via Captain Bissell.
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him you will muster him in the most mastercill, and make him up in your payrols and the money shall be transmitted in the usual way — the account of your payments are [illegible] to your credit amounting to $15-[undecipherable] which is the amount of the rolls deducting the [undecipherable] forfeited by desertions — In cases when you have omitted mustering a man, you will make him up in the most payroll, and not pay any men whose names is not intimated in the payrols for which you receive the money —
I am Sir Yo
William Simmons
Col: Charles Martine, Dt of War Accountants Office
Carlisle June 2d 1795
Sir
By the Bearer Capt Bigells Bigells you will receive the sum of three hundred and fifty eight dollars and 46/100 being the amount of your pay roll after deducting one dollar and 64/100 forfeited by Henry Spreylee a deserter for the months of [undecipherable] and April 1795 for which sum you are held accountable and will give him duplicate Receipts to be forwarded to this Office — as your men are to march with Capt Bigells party it is necessary that they should be paid before they march and that you should take their receipts to be transmitted to this Office your examination — If any of their men who are to march have inlisted since the 1st January last, and are intitled to the bounty allowed by Congress you will transmit a list to this Office of those Congress you will transmit a list to this Office of those that the sum of five dollars ordered by Congress to be retained until they arrive at Head Quarters may be paid to them when they arrive at Head Quarters —
I am Sir Yo
William Simmons
Type
Letterbook
Description
William Simmons issues Ensign Martin's pay roll via Captain Bissell.
Date
06/02/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Accountants Office
Document number
1795060221155
Page start
78
Notable persons
Charles Martin
William Simmons
Henry Spenzler
deserter
Captain Russell Bissell
Congress
headquarters
Notable locations
Carlisle
War Department Accountants Office
Notable items
bounty
receipts
payroll

