Account of John Habersham, Collector for the Customs at Savannah Georgia
Document 1795Simmons certifies that $14.50 has been discounted by John Habersham, Collector for the Customs at Savannah, from the monies from duties on imposts and tonnage for which he is accountable in pursuance of a warrant to be issued in his favor.
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Department of War Accountants Office
July 25 1795
I Certify that from a letter of the Comptroller dated 28th [undecipherable] covering the Receipt of John Habersham Collector of the Customs for Savannah in Georgia —
on dated June 3, 1795 [undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable]
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said Habersham has applied to the Incidental and contingent Expences of the War Department and which he has disbursed of the Monies arising from Duties on Packets and Tonnage the Sum of one hundred and sixty four 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 164 Wm Simmons
The Secty of War Acct
Department of War Accountants Office
July 25 1795
I Certify that from a letter of the Comptroller dated 9 July 1795 covering a Receipt of John Habersham Collector of the Customs for Savannah in Georgia dated 3 June 1795 said Habersham has applied to the Incidental and Contingent Expences of the War Department and which he has disbursed out of the Monies arising from Duties on Packets & Tonnage the Sum of fourteen 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 Secty of War Acct
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $14.50 has been discounted by John Habersham, Collector for the Customs at Savannah, from the monies from duties on imposts and tonnage for which he is accountable in pursuance of a warrant to be issued in his favor.
Date
07/24/1795
Author
Recipient
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Dept of War Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1795072421955
Page start
71
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
William Simmons
John Habersham, Collector for the Customs at Savannah
Secretary of War
accountant
Notable locations
Dept of War Accountant's Office
Savannah Georgia
Notable items
monies
duties
imposts
tonnage
warrant

