Captain Power's Balance
Document 1796Questions regarding the payment of the balance due to Captain William Power and whether it can be closed.
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early as possible transmit your account 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
Send You will please state an Account Current Shewing the
you have received and from whom and the payments made
I am &c
William Simmons
Department of War
Accountants Office
April 30th 1794
Caleb Swan Esqr
P.M.G. of the Army
Sir
I received your letters of the 15th Ulto &
Inst 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 Ad adjoin'g 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 War has wrong informed you that
the Pay sent out for November. No [undecipherable] 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 —
Shew the part of your Letter which relates to your being enabled
to [undecipherable] further draw on Bills to the Secretary of War who will give
the necessary information on that head, it is out of [undecipherable] in [undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Questions regarding the payment of the balance due to Captain William Power and whether it can be closed.
Date
04/16/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Document number
1796041621355
Page start
43
Notable persons
John Field
William Simmons
Captain William Power
Treasury
Notable locations
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
adjustment
settlement

