Articles Chargeable Under the Head, "Contingencies"
Document 1796The articles contained in the accounts should be chargeable under the heading "Contingencies," eliminating the need to separate the vouchers. The whole should be settled at the office of the Accountant for the Department of War.
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[Not from the Auditor
18th July 1796
Addr[esse]d to the Assis-
tant of the War
Department]
[26]
As a great part of the Articles contained in the Accounts is in my opinion, chargeable under the head of Contingencies rather than separate the Vouchers, it appears to me best that the whole should be settled at the Office of the Accountant for the Department of War
[undecipherable] E. Hannis[undecipherable]
July 18. 1796. —
Number of the Vouchers —
516. — 77 Dol[lar]s
614. — 111.
495. — 17. 50.
524. — 30. 6.
531. — 9. 34.
536. — 5.
554. — 8.
492. — 35. 31.
499. — 6. 67.
503. — 9. 50
0. — 150 —
Dol[lar]s 462. 38.
Returned the above Vouchers to the Acco[un]t[an]t of the department of War this day the 18th July 1796.
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
The articles contained in the accounts should be chargeable under the heading "Contingencies," eliminating the need to separate the vouchers. The whole should be settled at the office of the Accountant for the Department of War.
Date
07/18/1796
Author
Recipient
Document number
1796071870501
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Richard Harrison