Accounting Matters with Ebenezer Sproat
Document 1796Accounts and vouchers should be transmitted to the War Department; receipts have been entered to his credit on the accountant's books
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early as possible transmit your accounts and vouchers to this office Post under Cover to the Secretary of War — when they are received an examination will take place and you will be informed of it. You will please also an Account Current shewing the Sums you have received and from whom and the payments made
I am &c
William Simmons
Caleb Swan Esqr
P. M. G. of the Army
Department of War
Accountants Office,
April 30th 1794
Sir
I received your letters of the 15th Ulto sent together with your Abstract of payments made & the papers accompanying the same.
I have not had time to examine into the propriety of the payments to Capt Guion & Pike for doing the Adjutant & Inspg Duty — when it is done I will inform you of the result.
I have represented to the Secry of war the necessity for making good the deficiency of the Estimates for the Army in 1793 to replace the Monies you have advanced for Objects in the Quarter Masters and other Departments from the Treasury where alone advances on it to be made
The Secretary of Way has wrong informed you that the Pay sent on for November. No money money having ever been forwarded to you for that [strikethrough: particular] Month —
But few of your Bills have as yet been presented for payment — when they are due honor shall be paid to them — Should the rest of your letters which relates to your being enabled to let a further sum on Bills to the Secretary of Way who will give the necessary information on that head, it is in my power —
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Accounts and vouchers should be transmitted to the War Department; receipts have been entered to his credit on the accountant's books
Date
04/16/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Document number
1796041621155
Page start
43
Notable persons
Ebenezer Sproat
William Simmons
Major Craig
Notable locations
Marietta, Northwest Territory
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Notable items
receipts
credit
books
accounts
dispatches
vouchers
advances

