Procedure for filing rations claims
Document 1795Informs John Coffin of the proper procedure for filing claims for rations and subsistence.
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D. of War Accountants' Office
August 11.th 1795
Edwd Carrington Esqr
Supr Richmond
Sir
I have to inform you that your receipt dated August 1.st 1795 has been duly received at this Office, wherein you acknowledge to have received of the Secretary of War a Warrant N° 541 for five hundred and twenty Dollars and seventy five Cents, being for your Commissions on monies passing through your hands from this Office between the 16.th April 1792 & the 18.th August 1794.
I am Sir Yrs
William Simmons
D. of War Accountants' Office
August 11. 1795
John Kilty Esqr
Supr Baltimore
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of one hundred and seventy three Dollars and ninety three Cents, being for the Pay of Ensn David Thompson and the Recruits under his command at Winchester for the Months of June and July last, which sum you are to Pay to the said Ensn David Thompson [strikethrough: taking] taking his Receipt to be accountable for the due application thereof —
I am Sir Yrs
William Simmons —
D. of War Accountants' Office
Aug. 11.th 1795
John G. Coffin Auge Maste
West Point
Sir
If you have a claim against the U. States for subsistence it will be necessary
Type
Letterbook
Description
Informs John Coffin of the proper procedure for filing claims for rations and subsistence.
Date
08/11/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Accountant's Office
Document number
1795081121555
Page start
187
Notable persons
John Coffin
William Simmons
Notable locations
West Point
War Accountant's Office
Notable items
rations
subsistence
claims

