Regarding the pay and subsistence of the Navy
Document 1795Letter to the Treasury Secretary concerning the pay and subsistence of the Navy.
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Oliver Wolcott Esqr D. of War. Accountants Office
Secy of the Treasury October 21, 1795.
Sir,
The Settlements of the Acc[undecipherable]
for the pay and Subsistence of the Navy provided for [undecipherable]
the act of 27 March 94. not having been referred to the
Accountant by Law, they were of course not included
in the Instructions from the Comptroller of the [undecipherable]
of keeping the Accounts of this Office. I have therefore
Sir, to request (as it has become my Duty to settle those
accounts by your Letter of the 20th July last to the Secretary
of War and acceded to by him) that you will please give
the necessary Directions for furnishing me with the
forms requisite for keeping those Accounts at this Office.
I am Sir &c.
Offm Simmons.
Type
Letterbook
Description
Letter to the Treasury Secretary concerning the pay and subsistence of the Navy.
Date
10/21/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Accountant's Office
Document number
1795102121455
Page start
281
Note
Cited in Simmons to Comptroller of the Treasury 12/10/1795
Notable persons
Oliver Wolcott
William Simmons
accountant
treasury department
navy
comptroller
secretary of treasury
Notable locations
War Department Accountant's Office
Notable items
settlements
pay
subsistence
law
instruction
accounts
directions

