My Account for the Amount Due
Document 1796In response to Simmons' letter, Claghorn forwards his account for the amount due him as his salary as a constructor at the Navy Yard. He will be obliged if Simmons directs the money to be sent to him.
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[Address panel: (14A) William Simmons Esquire / Accountants Office / Philadelphia]
[Postal notation: Boston]
[Notation: [undecipherable] 20]
[Docket: (81) [undecipherable]]
Navy yard Boston Jany 4th 1796
Sir by yours of November the 9th Received the [undecipherable] mentioned therein and have (now) as you [undecipherable] so forwarded my account for the amt due as per bill. Sir your direction that I may receive the money will Oblige
your Obedient Servant
George Claghorn
William Simmons Esquire
Navy yard Boston Jany 5th 1796
The United States To George Claghorn Dr
To my Salary as Contractor from Sept 2d to the 31st of december 1795 being one quarter which amounts to five hundred Dollars
Eas. Excepted George Claghorn
Constructor
William Simmons Esquire
accountant
Philadelphia
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
In response to Simmons' letter, Claghorn forwards his account for the amount due him as his salary as a constructor at the Navy Yard. He will be obliged if Simmons directs the money to be sent to him.
Date
01/04/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Navy Yard, Boston
Document number
1796010470001
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Cited in Simmons to Claghorn 01/11/1796
Notable persons
William Simmons
George Claghorn
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Navy Yard, Boston