William Simmons discusses pay, finance and accounting with Colonel Butler
Document 1795William Simmons confirms receipt of vouchers sent by Colonel Thomas Butler. Simmons also requests additional information needed to settle pay and forage accounts.
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Captt Johns Hethe.
Fort Franklin
D.t of War Accountants Office
June 20th 1795
Sir
I received your letter of the 15th Ulto covering duplicate Receipt Rolls for Pay of your Detachment for Six months Pay paid to them, on examination of them, the amount found due you will be passed to your Credit. — I am Sir Y.c — William Simmons —
Col.l Thomas Butler. D.t of War Accountants Office
June 20th 1795.
Sir
Your letter of the 12th Inst. enclosing sundry Vouchers for payments made by you, has come safe to hand, which shall be put under examination, as soon as possible, and the amount found due you will be paid as you may direct. Your Account for pay and Forage you will please to state and Qualify thereto and forward to this Office which will be included in your general Account Current. The pressing business of the Office at present will not enable me to have this account settled before I hear from you. Therefore you can forward any additional Vouchers which you may have and they will be included in the Account. The Receipts you forwarded for monies to be paid Mr Swans have already been passed to your Credit — one Mr Swan's receipts which have been in the Office The three hundred Dollars requested by you for the Recruiting service will be forwarded by Thomas Love Paymaster to the Kentucky Volunteers who leaves this place in a day or two.
I am Sir Y.c —
William Simmons —
Samuel Meredith, Esqr D.t of War Accountants Office
Treasurer U. S. June 27th 1795
Sir
Inclosed are two receipts of John Habersham Collector of Savannah — amounting to thirty five Ds [strikethrough: 3/00] also a Warrant for that amount being for the incidentals and Contingent expences of this Department, to which Warrant the Receipt is to be annexed agreeably to the Request of the Comptroller of the Treasury. —
I am Sir Y.c —
William Simmons —
Nathal Gorham, Esqr D.t of War Accountants Office
Supt Boston. June 27th 1795.
Sir
The Treasurer will remit you the sum of Eighty eight dollars, and twenty Cents, being the amount of your account paid to Joseph McLellan [undecipherable] for the passage of 37 Officers and privates from Portland to Boston, for which sum you will please forward your Receipt to this Office. —
I am Sir Y.c —
William Simmons
Type
Letterbook
Description
William Simmons confirms receipt of vouchers sent by Colonel Thomas Butler. Simmons also requests additional information needed to settle pay and forage accounts.
Date
06/20/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Accountant's Office
Document number
1795062021655
Page start
101
Notable persons
Thomas Butler
William Simmons
Caleb Swan
Thomas Love
paymaster
Kentucky volunteers
Notable locations
War Department Accountant's Office
Notable items
vouchers
examination
account
pay
forage
receipts

