Account of John Habersham, Collector of the Customs for Savannah, Georgia
Document 1796Simmons certifies that $2.14 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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Department of War
Accountants Office,
July 15 1796 -
I Certify, there is due to Jacob Dooley, Lieut and a Detachment of Militia under his command called into service by Order of Isaac Shelby Esqr Governor of the State of Kentucky - - Two hundred, eighty two Dollars and forty six Cents being for his Services performed on the frontiers of Clarke County in said State from the 27th April to the 27th June 1795 which sum is - - payable to John Clifford Attorney - -
Drs 282 46/100 In absence of the Accountant
The Secretary of War Peter Hagner Pr Clk -
Department of War
Accountants Office,
July 15 1796
I Certify that there is due to Major William Hensy the sum of twenty six Dollars and seventy one Cents being the balance of his Account for the expenses of himself and two other officers from Philadelphia to West Point and back on a Court of Inquiry - - agreeably to the orders of Major Genl Anthony Wayne
Drs 26 71/100 In the absence of the Accountant
The Secretary of War Peter Hagner Pr Clk
Department of War
Accountants Office,
July 19 1796
I Certify, that from a Letter of the Comptroller (dated the [undecipherable] Inst) covering a Receipt of John Habersham, Collector of the Customs for Savannah in Georgia (dated 22d June 1796) said Habersham has applied to the incidentals and contingent expenses of the War Department the sum of Two Dollars and fourteen Cents which he has Discounted out of the Monies arising from Duties on Import and Tonnages and for which he is accountable in pursuance of a Warrant to be issued in his favor by the Secretary of War to which said Receipt is to be annexed agreeably to the Communications of the Comptroller -
Drs 2 14/100 In the absence of the Acct
The Secretary of War Peter Hagner Pr Clk
Accountants Office,
July 20th 1796 -
I Certify that there is due to Capt Saml Nicholson of the Frigate Building, at Boston The sum of Three hundred and thirty four Dollars and Twenty Cents being for his pay and subsistence from 1st April to 30th June 1796 which sum is to be transmitted to Jonathan Jackson Esqr Supervisor for the District of Boston.
Drs 334 20/100 In the absence of the Acct
The Secretary of War Peter Hagner Pr Clk
Department of War
Accountants Office,
July 20 1796
I Certify that there is due to Major Wm Peters the sum of One hundred thirty nine Dollars and thirty five Cents being for his pay, forage and balance of his subsistence and for subsisting his waiter from 1st May to 30 June 1796 inclusive
Drs 139 35/100 In the absence of the Acct
The Secretary of War Peter Hagner Pr Clk
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $2.14 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
07/19/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept of War Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1796071921055
Page start
271
Notable persons
James McHenry
Peter Hagner
John Habersham
collector customs
accountant
Secretary of War
principal clerk
Notable locations
Dept of War Accountant's Office
Savannah Georgia
Notable items
pay
monies
duties
imposts
tonnage
warrant

