Account of John Habersham, Collector of the Customs at Savannah Georgia
Document 1795Simmons certifies that the sum of $164 from duties on imposts and tonnages has been discounted by John Habersham, Collector of the Customs at Savannah, for which he is to be held accountable in pursuance of a warrant to be issued in his favor.
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Department of War Accountants Office
July 25 1796
I Certify that from a letter of the Comptroller dated 28th [undecipherable] covering two Receipts of John Habersham Collector of the Customs for Savannah in Georgia for
on dated June 3, 1796 — [undecipherable] Dollars
375
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said Habersham has applied to the Incidental and Contingent Expenses of the War Department and which he has disbursed of the monies arising from Duties on Patents and Tonnage the sum of one hundred and sixty five Dollars, for which he is to be accountable in pursuance of a Warrant to be issued in his favor by the Secretary of War to which said Receipts are to be annexed agreeably to the Communication of the Comptroller —
Doll 165 Wm Simmons
The Secy of War Acct
Department of War Accountants Office
July 25, 1796
I Certify that from a letter of the Comptroller dated [undecipherable] July 1796 covering a Receipt of John Habersham Collector of the Customs for Savannah in Georgia dated [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 1795 said Habersham has applied to the Incidental and Contingent Expenses of the War Department and which he has disbursed out of the monies arising from Duties on Patents & Tonnage, the sum of [undecipherable] Dollars and fifty cents, for which he is to be accountable, in pursuance of a Warrant to be issued in his favor by the Secretary of War to which said Receipt is to be annexed agreeably to the Communication of the Comptroller.
Doll 14.50 Wm Simmons
The Secy of War Acct
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that the sum of $164 from duties on imposts and tonnages has been discounted by John Habersham, Collector of the Customs at Savannah, for which he is to be held accountable in pursuance of a warrant to be issued in his favor.
Date
07/24/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept of War Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1795072421855
Page start
71
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
William Simmons
John Habersham, Collector of the Customs at Savannah
comptroller
Secretary of War
accountant
Notable locations
Savannah Georgia
Dept of War Accountant's Office
Notable items
imposts
tonnages
discounted
warrant
incidental and contingent expenses

