Pay for Detachment of Artillerists and Engineers
Document 1796Informs Graves that he will receive the sum of 114 dollars from Edward Carrington for the pay of a detachment of artillerists and engineers at Norfolk.
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Department of War
Accountant's Office
January 15th 1796—
Nicholas Fish Esq.—
Supr New York— Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of 207 dollars which you will please pay to George Fleming Esqr at West Point being for the pay of a detachment of the 1st Sublegion Stationed at that Post from the 1st of October to the 31st Decemr 1795 Incd for which sum you will please take his Receipts to be accountable for the due application thereof
I am Sir Yc
William Simmons—
Edwd Carrington Esqr
Supr Virginia
Department of War
Accountant's Office
January 15 1796
Sir
The Treasurer will remit you the sum of 114 dollars which you will please pay to William Graves Esqr at Norfolk being for the pay of a detachment of Artillerists and Engineers under the Command of Sergeant Robert Hedges from the 1st of July to the 31st of Decemr 1795 Inc.— for which sum he will sign duplicate Receipts to be accountable for the application thereof—
I am Sir Yc
William Simmons
William Graves Esqr.
Norfolk Virga
Department of War
Accountant's Office
January 15th 1796—
Sir
I have received your letter of the 6 Inst. enclosing a muster & pay roll of a detachment of Artillerists and Engineers under the command of Sergeant Robert Hedges stationed at Norfolk, the Pay Role has been examined amounting to 114 Dollars which sum you will receive from Edward Carrington Esq. Supervisor of Virginia and for which you will give him duplicate Receipts to be accountable for the disbursement thereof agreeably to the enclosed Receipt Roll as soon as you have made the payments you will forward the Receipt Roll to this Office to exonerate you from the said Charge. —
I am Sir Yc
William Simmons.
John Chester Esq.—
Supt Weathersfield
Connt
Department of War
Accountant's Office
Jany 16th 1796—
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of one hundred three Dollars 9/100 which you will please pay to Capt Edwd Miller at Middletown for the pay of himself and men for the month of December 1795 for which sum he will sign duplicate Receipts to be accountable for the due application thereof—
I am Yc
William Simmons
Capt Edwd Miller.
Middletown Connt
Department of War
Accountant's Office
January 16th 1796.
Sir
You will receive from John Chester Esq. Supervisor the sum of 103 9/100 Dollars for the pay of yourself and men for the month of December 1795 which sum you will sign duplicate Receipts to be accountable for the disbursement thereof agreeably to the enclosed Receipt Roll—
Type
Letterbook
Description
Informs Graves that he will receive the sum of 114 dollars from Edward Carrington for the pay of a detachment of artillerists and engineers at Norfolk.
Date
01/15/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Accountant's Office
Document number
1796011521355
Page start
394
Notable persons
William Graves
William Simmons
Sergeant Robert Hedges
Edward Carrington
artillerists
engineers
Notable locations
Norfolk, Virginia
War Accountant's Office
Notable items
muster roll
pay roll
duplicate receipts
disbursement
receipt roll
payments

