Ninety-Five Cents Due from the Paymaster
Document 1795Stewart, McKown, and Burns have submitted to Cornet James Bale their request for ninety-five cents each full balance due them from the Paymaster to the Cavalry.
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Department of [War]
[undecipherable]
April 16th 1800
Sir,
The enclosed Statement will answer the questions stated by your relative to Mr. [undecipherable] in your letter dated the 15th. You will thereby perceive that the amount of monies received by him is Dolls 11628.32/100 that the amount of receipts admitted is Dolls 4954.64/100 — that the amount of receipts not admitted is Dolls 3281.84/100, and that [undecipherable] will shew the amount of each months [pay?] he received for the Troops to which he was appointed Pay master. — I am not in possession of any information from [undecipherable] on the Subject, neither can I add any to the Statement more. It will be understood [that] Mr. McDermott has received other monies with which he stands charged on the books of this Office.
Sam Sir very respectfully
Your mo[st] ob[edient] [servant]
The Hond G. M. Anderson
in the
Senate.
[signed] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Dept of War [undecipherable]
[Enclosure/s]
Paul McDermott, pay [master] [undecipherable]
to the United States (Dr.)
For the following sums received of [Pesley?] Scott, [Mil.?] [agent?]
for [pay?] the Troops under the command of Maj[or] Gen[eral] [Daniel] Morgan [?]
Capt. [M. Randolph?] [Troop?] from [undecipherable] [months?] to
[8?] Months... $1838.00
Ditto... [from?] Mar[ch] [to?] June... $14[undecipherable].00 $[1]3[undecipherable].32
Capt. John [Joanneson?] [Ditto?] [Troop?] from [15?] [months?] to
[undecipherable] March... $1351.8
Ditto... [18?] Mar[ch to?] [17th] April... $1024.10 $2675.26
Capt. [Gott?] [J. Lew?] [undecipherable] Troop from [15th] [February?] to
10[th] March... 1139.69
Ditto... [15?] March [to?] [18th?] April... $1139.69 $2279.[undecipherable] $7761.90
For those sums received at [undecipherable] [undecipherable] over the [Troops?] under the command of Maj[or] Gen[eral] [Daniel] Morgan
for the [Third?] Month... ... ... ... $30[undecipherable].30
[undecipherable]... $[1]1028.32
By these sums paid Captain John [Joanneson?]... 7672.80
Ditto... Captain [undecipherable] [undecipherable]... 2279.38 $4954.64
Balance due The United States Dolls $6073.68
Exclusively of the interest credit he has paid Captain [Randolph?] $[undecipherable] an amount [which?] does not correspond with the Pay rolls on which [undecipherable] McDermott received the advances from Colonel [Smith?] and is therefore suspended until further information is obtained from [him?] respecting the difference, of which he has been informed by [undecipherable] letter [undecipherable]
Department of War
Accountants Office
April 16th 1800
[signed] [undecipherable]
June 4th 1795
We whose names are here under Subscribed have recd of Cornet James [Prall?] thirty two Cents the full balance due [us] by Mr. McDermott Pay Master to Cavalry
James [Stewart?] [undecipherable]
John McBrown
George Burns
We whose names are under written do acknowledge the receipt of thirty two Cents each paid by James [Prall?] for Mr. Paul McDermott late pay master to the Cavalry on [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Morgan's army — it being [of] full satisfaction for balance due us by said McDermott on our first [undecipherable] months [pay?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
9th day of June 1795. John Gaur [?]
[Patrick?] [Cavanagh?]
[his] Mark
Daniel [F.?] Marshall
The United States To Paul McDermott for Subsistence Dr.
[Table: Commencement of Subsistence | Expiration of Subsistence | Number of days | Rations [per] day | Total of rations | Where due | Price of rations | Amount]
1st July 1795 | 9th July 1796 | 9 | 2 | 18 | Fort Defiance | 33 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2
10 do. 1796 | 31 do. 1796 | 22 | 2 | 44 | Greene Ville | 22 | 5 | 9 | 90 | —
1 August 1796 | 13 August 1796 | 13 | 2 | 26 | Fort Defiance | 33 | 4 | 8 | 68 | 4
14 do 1796 | 16 Septr. 1796 | 33 | 2 | 66 | Detroit | 33 | 1 | 26 | 84 | 0
16 Septr. 1796 | 25 do 1796 | 10 | 2 | 20 | St. Marys [undecipherable] | 23 | 9 | 4 | 78 | —
26 do— 1796 | 31 Octr. 1796 | 36 | 2 | 72 | Kentucky | 13[undecipherable] | | 9 | 44 | —
1 Octr. 1796 | 31 Decr. 1796 | 61 | 2 | 122 | Tennessee | 17 | | 20 | 74 | 0
1 Jany. 1797 | 26 July 1797 | 208 | 2 | 416 | Ditto | 17 | | 70 | 72 | —
Dollars | | 151 | 12 | 2
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Stewart, McKown, and Burns have submitted to Cornet James Bale their request for ninety-five cents each full balance due them from the Paymaster to the Cavalry.
Date
06/04/1795
Author
Recipient
Document number
1795060490201
Page start
5
Note
Partially illegible.
Enclosed in Simmons to Anderson, 04/16/1800.
Notable persons
James Stewart
John McKown
George Burns

