Discrepancy in Hodgdon's Account
Document 1795Hodgdon's account as agent for procuring supplies for the War Department for the first six months of 1795 has been adjusted at the Treasury. The balance found is $14.42 more than the balance from the accounts shown by Hodgdon and is caused by overcharges.
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[Endorsed: Samuel Hodgdon Esquire / Superintendent of / Military [undecipherable]]
[Marginalia upper right: Letter from the [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] procuring [supplies] / [undecipherable] / [Received stamp]]
Treasury Department
Comptrollers Office,
8th September 1795.—
Sir
Your account as Agent for procuring certain supplies for the department of War, commencing on the 1st of January, and ending on the 30th of June 1795, has been adjusted at the Treasury, and a balance found to have remained in your hands, of Fourteen thousand, two hundred and forty three dollars and fourteen Cents.—
The above sum is seventeen dollars, and forty two Cents more than the balance resulting from the accounts exhibited by you, and is occasioned by overcharges [undecipherable] in Abstract No 408.—
I am, very respectfully,
Sir,
Your obed. Servant
[signature]
Samuel Hodgdon Esquire.—
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Hodgdon's account as agent for procuring supplies for the War Department for the first six months of 1795 has been adjusted at the Treasury. The balance found is $14.42 more than the balance from the accounts shown by Hodgdon and is caused by overcharges.
Date
09/08/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Treasury Dept., Comptroller's Office
Document number
1795090860001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John Davis
Notable locations
Treasury Department, Comptroller's Office

