Pay certificate
Document 1796Sends Covington a certificate of pay;
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that any those forwarded by your Letters of the 10. and 21 March are both perfect and are entered accordingly
I am &c
William Simmons
Col. Ebenezer Sproat
Marietta N.W. Ter.
Department of War
Accountants Office
April 16. 1796
Sir
I received your Letter of the 27th Ulto in answer to which I have to observe that the utmost dispatch is recommendable to have your Accounts and Vouchers transmitted to this office as it is a desirable thing to have all advances accounted for as soon as possible.
The receipt of Major Craig which you enclosed directly me from Pittsburg have been passed to your Credit on the books of this office
I am &c
William Simmons
Capt Staats Morris
West point
Department of War
Accountants Office
April 16. 1796
Sir
I received your Letter of the 6th Inst and have directed Mr Freeman the Pay Master to pay the Bounty due to Indall Morris out of the unappropriated monies in his hands of &
I am &c
William Simmons
Mr John Tinley
Department of War
Accountants Office
April 16. 1796
Sir
In my Letter to you of the 8th of March last I requested you would pay into the hands of the Treasury the balance due from Capt Williams Power to the United States on the adjustment
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Sends Covington a certificate of pay;
Date
04/11/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Document number
1796041121255
Page start
34
Notable persons
Captain Leonard Covington
William Simmons
cavalry
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Patuxent River, Maryland
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Notable items
certificate
pay
account
public horses

