Credit to Fish's Account
Document 1796Lists receipts received that will be entered to Fish's credit on the books of the War Department Accountant's Office.
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Augustus de Grasse
Insp.t Engineer
Charleston
So Carolina
Department of War
Accountants Office
April 18.th 1796
Sir
Daniel Stevens Esq.r Sup.t of South Carolina will pay you the sum of Two hundred, twenty seven Dollars and fifty Cents being for your pay from 1st Jan.y to 31 Mar[ch] 1796 for which sum you will please sign Duplicate Receipts
I am &c —
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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 Augustus De Grasse — Insp.t Engineer at Charleston, for his pay from 1st Jan.y to 31 March — 1796 for which sum he will sign Duplicate Receipts
I am &c —
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Nicholas Fish Esq.r
Sup.t New york
Department of War
Accountants Office
April 18. 1796 —
Sir
I have received under Cover, the following Receipts
Viz.t — Lieut [undecipherable] Abercrom[b]y for — — — Drs 2,905, 87
M.rs E G Sophia Roberts for — — — 115, —
[undecipherable] Cheneman Esq.r 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 Rec.ts you transmit to this office. I am &c William Simmons
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Lists receipts received that will be entered to Fish's credit on the books of the War Department Accountant's Office.
Date
04/18/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Document number
1796041821555
Page start
44
Notable persons
Nicholas Fish
William Simmons
supervisor New York
Sophia Roberts
Lieutenant Nehemiah Freeman
Foreman Cheeseman
Notable locations
New York
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Notable items
receipts
credit


