Confirms receipt of account
Document 1795Acknowledges receiving his account current for pay and personal expenses.
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Jerome Mertine
Charleston
St Carolina
Dp of War. Accounts Office
October 17, 1795.
Sir,
I have received your letters of the 26th June and 25th August 1795 with your Account Current for Pay and personal Expenses. As the pay and Allowance of the Engineers not being fixed by Congress and as the Secy of War his Certificate does not sanction any Allowance more than Pay at the rate of two Dollars Pr day all other Charges in your Account I must therefore consider inadmissible.
Your Account has been stated from 1 April 94 to 30th June 95 incl. which is 456 Days at 2 dls Pr day makes 912 from which deduct the Sums reced by you at different Periods — — — — — — — — — — — 550
Dlls 362
leaving a Balance due you of three hundred & sixty two Dls which Sum you will receive of Daniel Stevens Supt Charleston, for which you will please sign duplicate Rects
I am Sir &c.
Wm Simmons
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Daniel Stevens
Supt Charleston
St Carolina
Dp of War. Accountant's Office
October 17, 1795.
Sir,
The Treasurer of the U S will remit you the Sum of three hundred & sixty two Dollars being the Balance of Pay due Jerome Mertine director of Artillery Artificers from the 1st April 94 to 30 June 95 incl. which Sum you will please to pay him & take his Receipts for the same.
I am Sir &c.
Wm Simmons
Type
Letterbook
Description
Acknowledges receiving his account current for pay and personal expenses.
Date
10/17/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Accountant's Office
Document number
1795101721955
Page start
279
Notable persons
Jerome Merltrie
William Simmons
Daniel Stevens
Notable locations
Charleston, South Carolina
War Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
personal expenses

