Concerning claims and other financial matters
Document 1795Refers the claims of Tench Francis to the Superintendant of Military Stores.
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D. of War. Accountants Office
Sept. 21. 1795.
Capt. Wm. Eaton,
Springfield, Massachusetts.
Sir,
Your letter of the 14th Instant I have received inclosing your Muster and Pay Rolls to the 31st August which has been examined & find due thereon the sum of five hundred forty nine Dollars and 35 Cents which you will receive from Peter Chester Esqr. Supervisor of Connecticut being for the Balance of your pay from the 1st [undecipherable] to the 31 of August 1795. and for the Pay of Ensigns Jonathan Remington and John W. Thompson and the Recruits under your Command to the 31 of August 1795 Inclusive, for which sum you will give him your Receipt to be accountable for the due application thereof — I enclose you a Pay Roll & a blank Receipt Roll for your Government in paying the Men and when you have made the payments agreeably thereto you will transmit the receipt Roll to this Office to exonerate you from the Charge.
I am Sir, &c.
William Simmons
D. of War. Accountants Office
Sept. 21. 1795.
Honch Francis Esqr.
Surveyor of Supplies.
Sir,
I have to observe that in my Opinion the within claim of Mr. Ellt [undecipherable] should be settled by you and accounted for to the Superintendant of Military Stores and Supplies, the same being for 250 Copies of the Regulations for the order and Discipline of the Troops of the U. States furnished by him to Mr. John Harris & Mr. Sto[undecipherable]
I am Sir, &c.
William Simmo[undecipherable]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Refers the claims of Tench Francis to the Superintendant of Military Stores.
Date
09/21/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Accountant's Office
Document number
1795092121355
Page start
235
Note
purveyor of supplies
Notable persons
Tench Francis
William Simmons
superintendent military stores
accountant
purveyor of supplies
Mr. Charles Cist
John Harris
commissary military stores
Notable locations
War Department Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
claim
settlement
copies
regulations for the order and discipline of the troops of United States

