Notification of money owed
Document 1796Notifies Houdin of a debt owed to the War Department.
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your Accounts will be paid with the other Troops at West Point, for the Month of May.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Edward Carrington Esqr Department of War —
Post Richmond Accountants Office,
Virginia June 9th, 1796 —
Sir
I received your Letter of the 1st Inst enclosing the Receipt of James Triplet Cadet for Ninety three Dollars &c which sum will be passed to your Credit on the Books of this Office.
I am &c
Wm Simmons —
Mr James Triplet Department of War
Fort Norfolk Accountants Office,
near Norfolk — June 9 — 1796
Sir
I received your Letter of the 3d Ulto — and the Receipt Roll accompanying it, which has been examined and the Amount thereof being Eighty five Dollars you will be passed to your Credit on the books of this Office.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Secretary of War Accountants Office
June 9 — 1796
Enclosed I have the Honor to hand you an Estimate of One Months pay subsistence & forage of the regular Troops in Georgia amounting to 2030 [undecipherable] Drs — The pay of the Troops in that Quarter —
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Notifies Houdin of a debt owed to the War Department.
Date
06/03/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Document number
1796060321955
Page start
88
Notable persons
Michael Houdin
William Simmons
General Schuyler
Notable locations
Albany
Dept. of War Accountants Office
New York
Notable items
balance
settlement
account
books

