Account of Lewis Tousard
Document 1795Tousard finds in his account a mistake in his favor of $6.96.
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[Officier [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
January 2[undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Cin. & [undecipherable] [undecipherable]]
William Simmons
Acc.t of the War dep.t
West point Decemb.r 19th 1795
Sir
The last letter of Col. Stephen
[undecipherable: Rochefontaine] included a copy of my account with the
United States [undecipherable] the [3]0th of Nov.r last; Dated December
[undecipherable] 1793 [undecipherable] I find in it a mistake in my favour of 6 dollars,
96 cents as you will easily perceive by the inclosed account.
I beg leave Sir to remind you that having obtained
of the Secretary of war three months in advance of pay and
forage, in the 1st Days of June, you observed to me that
it would be more Convenient to include, in the Warrant,
three days of February which were due to me, in order
to have my account Settled to the first of June. I did
Sign it upon your books; the warrant was made in
Consequence, which in this moment occasions the mistake;
a fair recal of the Sums which I hitherto received and
the pay due to me to the 30th of november will make you
Sensible of it —
I have the honor to be
Your most humble and
obid.t Serv.t
Lauri Tousard
[postscript or continuation — largely undecipherable]
[Enclosure — Account Current]
D The United States in Account Current with Lewis Tousard, Major in the Art.y & Engineers &c C
1793
Nov.r 29 To pay and forage from the 30th to the 28th of
February 1793 inclusive at [undecipherable] pr month 14 [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Nov.r 30 To Ditto from the 1st of [undecipherable] 1795 to
this date — 9 months at $6 66 pr month 585
Dollars 501 [undecipherable]
To Extra Balance 6 [undecipherable]
1795
March By [undecipherable] received for three months [undecipherable] 165 [undecipherable]
June By Ditto on account of pay & forage 200
[undecipherable] By Ditto for forage for March, April & may 30
[April] 30 By Ditto for [undecipherable] forage for September 1793 [undecipherable]
at West Point [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] By Ditto for Ditto 3r for October, received at
[undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Dec.r By Ditto received by [undecipherable: Colonel] Rochefontaine on
my account 60
18 By Balance due to Major Tousard 6 96
Dollars [undecipherable]
Errors excepted
December 18th 1795
Lewis Tousard
N.B.
* By date for forage for march, april & may 30 Dolrs
I think I must have received this object; but do not remember
in what form; I believe on a warrant or letter
[undecipherable]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Tousard finds in his account a mistake in his favor of $6.96.
Date
12/18/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Document number
1795121870301
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Simmons
Lewis Tousard
Notable locations
West Point

