Receipt of John Habersham
Document 1796Enclosed is a receipt of John Habersham for $5.95, applied by him to defray the contingent and incidental expenses of the War Department in the State of Georgia.
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[Comptrollers Office
Accountant]
[seal]
[docket: From the [undecipherable] Comptrollers [Office]
May [undecipherable] — 1796
disclosing John Habersham's receipt
dated [undecipherable] April 1796 for five Dollars
[and] ninety five Cents [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [accountable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable]]
William Simmons Esquire
Accountant
Treasury Department
Comptrollers Office
17: May 1796 —
Sir,
I transmit inclosed a receipt of John Habersham Esq: dated April 15: 1796 for five Dollars and ninety five cents, applied by him to defray the incidental and contingent expenses of the Department of War, in the State of Georgia; which receipt is to be annexed to a Warrant issued by the Secretary of War, on the Treasurer, in favor of said Habersham, who is to be charg-ed, and held accountable for the same in the Books of your Office. —
I am Very respectfully
Sir,
Your Obed: Servant
[undecipherable]
Compt:
William Simmons Esq: —
Type
Recipient's Letterbook Copy
Description
Enclosed is a receipt of John Habersham for $5.95, applied by him to defray the contingent and incidental expenses of the War Department in the State of Georgia.
Date
05/17/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Treasury Department
Document number
1796051770001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Williams Simmons
Jonathan Davis
Notable locations
Treasury Department

