Expenses of John Habersham, Collector of the Customs for Savannah, Georgia
Document 1796Simmons certifies that $5.35 is due John Habersham, Collector of the Customs for Savannah, Georgia, the amount he discounted from the monies arising from duties on imposts and tonnage and for which a warrant should be issued in his favor.
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Hugh now under the Command of Capt James Bruff the sum of Three hundred & seven Dollars and six Cents for their pay to 1st April 1796 which sums are payable to the said Capt Bruff as he is accountable for the due application thereof.
William Simmons
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
20th May 1796
I Certify that from a letter of the Contractors Dated May 7. 1794 covering a receipt of John Habersham Collector of the Customs for Savannah in Georgia Dated April 13. 1796 and Indorsation; has applied to the incidental and contingent expences of the War Department the sum of four Dollars and ninety five Cents which is due thereunder, out of the Monies accruing from Duties on Imports and Tonnage; and furnished the is accountable in Pursuance of a Warrant to be offered in his favor by the Secretary of War, to which said receipt, is to be annexed agreeably to the Communication of the Comptroller Drs 5.100
William Simmons
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office,
20th May 1796 —
I Certify that there is due to Lieut Wm Morris of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers the sum of twenty one Dollars and eight Cents for his pay for the Month of April 1796. at Substantive point & from the 2d April 1796. & for his passage from Savannah in Georgia to New york.
William Simmons
Drs 76. 62.
Accountants Office,
20th May 1796
I Certify that there is due to Lieut Horatio R. Dayton and the men under his Command at [undecipherable] near Fishkill New york
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $5.35 is due John Habersham, Collector of the Customs for Savannah, Georgia, the amount he discounted from the monies arising from duties on imposts and tonnage and for which a warrant should be issued in his favor.
Date
05/20/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1796052021355
Page start
247
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John Habersham
Collector of the Customs
Secretary of War
accountant
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Savannah, Georgia
Notable items
pay
expenses
duties
imposts
warrant
tonnage
monies
discount

