Pay for Captain Talbot
Document 1796Directs Fish to pay the salary of Navy Captain Silas Talbot.
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Joshua Wentworth Esqr Accountants Office
Supervisory New Hampshire July 6. 1796—
Sir
I have to acknowledge the rect of your letter of the 25th alto and have to inform you that I have never heard from Capt Téttan since I wrote to you enclosing the letters for him, and he has not remitted the balance of his Account to the Treasury as I requested him to do — You will please therefore apply to him again for the amount, and remit it as directed in said letters —
I am &c
in the absence of the Accot
Peter Hagner Pr Clerke
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George Flemming, Esqr Accountants Office
West point July 6 1796
Sir
I have in the absence of the Accot to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 1st Inst Together with the package of vouchers accompanying it. they will be placed under examination and of the result you will be duly informed.
I return you the account of George Farrat for making an Artillerists Coat — not conceiving it proper for you to make the payment — If the Soldier was entitled to it it is an Item of expenditures not proper to be settled here and consequently should not be paid out of any monies advanced from this Department — The Soldier is agreeably to law entitled to a certain proportion of Cloathing, when this is exceeded in any manner the Soldier, ¬ the public should pay the expence —
I am &c
Peter Hagner pr Clk
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Directs Fish to pay the salary of Navy Captain Silas Talbot.
Date
06/30/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1796063021955
Page start
122
Notable persons
Nicholas Fish
William Simmons
Treasurer
Supervisor New York
Navy
Captain Silas Talbot
Notable locations
New York
Accountants Office
Notable items
receipts
pay

