Receipts to Fish's credit
Document 1796Acknowledges the receipt of three receipts from Fish that he will place to Fish's credit on the War Department account books.
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twenty Cents being for your pay and Subsistence from the 1st April to the 30th June 1796 inclu: the time your services ceased agreeably to a letter from this Secretary at War to you dated the 4th Instt and for which sums you will please to sign duplicate receipts —
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Accountants Office
July 1. 1796 —
Mr Jas Morris
Atty at Law Broadway
New York
Sir
Capt Staats Morris has requested that the amount of recruiting account be transmitted to this Office for 32 Dollars might be remitted to you as well as 115 Drs for acct of Mr Roberts the former Sum is suspended on account of a want of vouchers, but the latter Sum is remitted to Inchd Fish Eqr Supervisor to whom you will apply for the amount giving your receipts for the same
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Accountants Office,
July 1. 1794
Inchd Fish Eqr
Supr New York
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of One hundred & fifteen Dollars to be paid agreeably to directions to Mr Jas Morris Atty at Law Broadway New York being on account of the pay of Major Richd B Roberts for the Months of April May & June 1796 for which you will please take his receipt and transmit it as usual to this Office
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Acknowledges the receipt of three receipts from Fish that he will place to Fish's credit on the War Department account books.
Date
06/27/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Document number
1796062721255
Page start
118
Notable persons
Nicholas Fish
William Simmons
Captain Donald Mitchell
Lieutenant Horatio Dayton
George Fleming
supervisor New York
Notable locations
New York
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Notable items
monies
credit
books
receipts

