Receipt of John Habersham
Document 1795Transmitted is a receipt for the sum of $29.13 which was remitted in favor of John Habersham, Collector of Savannah, being for the incidental and contingent expenses of the Department of War in Georgia. The receipt is annexed to a warrant of the Treasurer in favor of Habersham who is to be charged and held accountable for same.
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Treasury Department
Comptrollers Office
20th December 1795
Sir,
I transmit herewith, a receipt of John Habersham Esqre dated November 24t 1795 for twenty nine Dollars and thirteen cents, to be applied to defray the incidental and contingent expenses of the Department of War in the State of Georgia; which receipt is to be annexed to a warrant of the [strikethrough: Secretary of War] on the Treasurer, in favour of said Habersham, who is to be charged and held accountable for the same, in the Books of your Office.
I am very respectfully
Sir,
Your very obedt Servant
J. M. Davis
Comptr.
William Simmons Esqr.
[Comptrollers Office
William Simmons Esquire
Acct to the War Dept.]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Transmitted is a receipt for the sum of $29.13 which was remitted in favor of John Habersham, Collector of Savannah, being for the incidental and contingent expenses of the Department of War in Georgia. The receipt is annexed to a warrant of the Treasurer in favor of Habersham who is to be charged and held accountable for same.
Date
12/28/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Treasury Department
Document number
1795122870001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Pickering, 12/28/1795.
Notable persons
William Simmons
John Davis
Notable locations
War Department
Treasury Department, Comptroller's Office

