Receipt entered on the books
Document 1796Receipt submitted by Dexter to be entered on the books of the War Department Accountants Office.
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John Jacob U Rivardi
Major in the Corps of
Art & Engrs West Point
Department of War
Accountants Office
April 21st 1794 —
Sir,
You will receive of Nicholas [Fish?] Esquire Supervisor New york, the sum of One Hundred and [undecipherable] five Dollars being on Account of your pay for which [sum] you will please sign duplicate receipts to be Accountable[.]
I am &c
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish Esqr
Supervisor
New Yorke —
Department of War
Accountants Office
April 21st 1794 —
Sir,
The Treasurer of the United States remit you the sum of One hundred and forty Five Dollars on account of the pay of Major J. U. Rivardi of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West point[;] which sum upon [receipt] Please pay to him and take his receipts to be accountable[.]
I am &c
William Simmon[s]
Nathl Gorham Esqr
Supr Boston
Department of War
Accountants Office
April 22d 1794
Sir,
Yours of the 4th Inst[ant] enclosing the Receip[ts] of Caleb Gibbs for one hundred and eighty eight Dollars received — which sum w[ere] to be passed to your Credit accordingly the books of this Office —
I am &c
William Simmons
[Donald G. Mitchell?]
in the Corps of Artillerists
[&] Engineers West Point —
Department of War
Accountants Office
April 22. 1794
Sir,
I have received your Letter of the 15th Inst[ant] with the Recruiting account and vouchers, they have been examined and found right amounting to Forty one Dollars and fifty two Cents which sum you will receive of Nicholas Fish Supervisor New York; for which you will please sign duplicate receipts —
I am &c —
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish Esqr
Supervisor
New York
Department of War
Accountants Office
April 22. 1796
Sir,
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Forty one Dollars and fifty two Cents being the amount of Capt Donald [G.?] Mitchell['s] in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West point['s] Recruiting account which sum you will please to pay him and take his receipts for the same —
I am &c
William Simmons —
The Secretary of War
Department of War
Accountants Office
April 25. 1796 —
Sir,
I have this Morning to enclose to you [a] true Estimate[s] for Militia services in Georgia [received?] from the [Lieut. Governor?] &c. in that Quarter together with extracts of his letters on the Subject[.] One of the Estimates you will observe refers to provisions in the year 1793 and early part of 1794 and for which no appropriation has been made [undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Receipt submitted by Dexter to be entered on the books of the War Department Accountants Office.
Date
04/13/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Document number
1796041321555
Page start
39
Notable persons
John Dexter
William Simmons
supervisor Providence
Walter Channing
Notable locations
Providence, Rhode Island
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Notable items
books
receipt

