War Department will not Pay
Document 1796Acknowledges receipt of accounts and receipts but notes that the charges will not be allowed by the War Department.
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paying the five hundred Dollars to Capt Ingersoll which I am
requesting may be done I am &c
William Simmons
Samuel Nicholson Esqt Department of War
Capt of the Frigate building Accountants Office
Boston April 11. 1796
Sir
I have received your Letter of the 31
ulto and agreeably to your Request you will receive from Nathaniel
Gorham Esqr Supervisor Boston the sum of Three hundred and thirty
four Dollars and twenty Cents being for your pay and subsistence
from the 1st Jany to the 31 March 1796 inclusive, for which sum
you will please to sign duplicate Receipts
I am &c
William Simmons
Nathaniel Gorham Esqr Department of War
Supervisor Boston Accountants Office
April 11. 1796
Sir The Treasurer of the United States will
remit you the sum of Three hundred thirty four Dollars and
twenty Cents being for the pay and subsistence of Samuel
Nicholson Capt of the Frigate building at Boston which sum
you will please pay to him taking the necessary Receipts
I am &c
William Simmons
Daniel Stevens Esqr Department of War
Supervisor Charleston Accountants Office
April 12. 1796
Sir The Treasurer of the United States w
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Acknowledges receipt of accounts and receipts but notes that the charges will not be allowed by the War Department.
Date
04/02/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Document number
1796040221655
Page start
27
Notable persons
Captain Richard S. Blackburn
William Simmons
Notable locations
West Point
Dept. of War Accountants Office
New York
Notable items
accounts
receipts
inadmissible charge

