Auguste de Grasse' Pay
Document 1796Directs that he pay Auguste de Grasse, Engineer at Charleston.
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Augustus de Grasse
Inspt Engineer
Charleston
So Carolina
Department of War
Accountants Office
April 18. 1796
Sir
Daniel Stevens Esqr Supr of South Carolina will pay you the sum of Two hundred, twenty seven Dollars and fifty Cents being for your pay from 1st Jany to 31 Mar[ch] 1796 for which sum you will please sign Duplicate Receipts
I am &c —
Daniel Stevens Supervisor
Charleston
So Carolina
Department of War
Accountants Office
April 18. 1796
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will Transmit you the sum of Two hundred twenty seven Dollars and fifty Cents which you will please pay to Augusta De Grasse — Inspt Engineer at Charleston, for his pay from 1st Jany to 31 March — 1796 for which sum he will sign Duplicate Receipts
I am &c — —
Nicholas Fish Esqr
Supt New York
Department of War
Accountants Office
April 18. 1796 —
Sir
I have received under Cover, the following Receipts
Rect — Lieut Nicholson's [undecipherable: Herremann] for - - - Drs 2,905, 87
Mr E G [undecipherable: Jephias] Roberts for - - - 115. —
[undecipherable: Sherman] Chrisman Esqr for - - - 500. —
Drs 3,520. 87
Amounting in the whole to Three thousand five hundred & twenty Dollars and eighty seven Cents which will be passed to your Credit accordingly on the Books of this office — In future You will please make a list of the Receipts you transmit to this office . I am &c William Simmons
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Directs that he pay Auguste de Grasse, Engineer at Charleston.
Date
04/18/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Document number
1796041821355
Page start
44
Note
Cited in Stevens to Simmons, 05/09/1796.
Notable persons
Daniel Stevens
William Simmons
Auguste de Grasse, temporary Engineer
Daniel Stevens
supervisor South Carolina
Notable locations
Charleston, South Carolina
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
receipts

