Captain Jacob Slough's accounts
Document 1796Discusses the state of Slough's accounts in the War Department. Simmons desires a settlement and requests Slough's accounts and vouchers
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payment thereof agreeably to the enclosed Receipt Note
I am &c
William Simmons
Ensn Charles Moxley Department of War
Fort Le Boeuf Accountants Office
May 4. 1796
Sir
I received your Letter of the 20 ulto
together with your Account and Vouchers accompanying it
which will be kept under Examination and the Balance if any
due you will be transmitted by next post together with the
additional Bounties due to your Detachment —
I am &c
William Simmons
Joshua Wentworth Esqr Department of War
Accountants Office
Sir May 6. 1796
I have received your Letter of the 2d ulto enclos
ing James Hacketts Receipt for five hundred Dollars and
examined the Receipts for one hundred eighty seven Dollars
and fifty Cents which Sums will be passed to your Credit on the
Books of this Office —
I am &c
William Simmons
Capt Nicoll Department of War
Accountants Office
Dear Sir May 7. 1796
I have the pleasure to transmit to you a Copy of a
Letter from the Secretary of War to Lt. Col. Rochefontaine. I do not suppose the Col.
will have any Objection to your taking back the two little Boys that you brought
from Georgies if he has and it is your wish to have them Return with —
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Discusses the state of Slough's accounts in the War Department. Simmons desires a settlement and requests Slough's accounts and vouchers
Date
04/27/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Document number
1796042921155
Page start
50
Notable persons
Captain Jacob Slough
William Simmons
War Department
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Notable items
accounts
vouchers
settlement
books

