Account of supplies returned
Document 1796Two bills of the commissary should be deducted from the account of supplies delivered for the Corps at West Point.
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Edward Carrington Esqr
Supervisor
Virginia.
Sir
I received your letter of the 3d Inst: enclosing the Receipt of James Triplett for thirty Dollars for pay of himself and Detachment for the month of June 1795 which sum will be entered to your Credit accordingly.
I am &c
Wm Simmons Acct
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James Triplett Cadet Accountants Office
Norfolk August 10th 1795
Virginia
Sir
Your letter of the 21st ult: enclosing your Muster & Pay Rolls for July & your Receipt Rolls for June I have received and the amount thereof has be passed to your Credit. The pay roll has also been examined and the amount thereof has be passed to your Credit. The Receipt Roll has been examined, amounting [undecipherable] Dollars, which sum you will receive from Edward Carrington Esqr Supr Richmond and for which you will give him duplicate receipts to be accountable for the Disbursement thereof agreeably to the enclosed receipt Rolls.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct
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Edward Carrington Esqr Accountants Office
Supr Richmond August 10th 1795
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit to you the sum of Thirty Dollars, which you will please to pay to James Triplett Cadet at Norfolk, being for the pay of himself & Men for the month of July 1795 for which sum please to take duplicate rects to be accountable for the due application thereof.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Two bills of the commissary should be deducted from the account of supplies delivered for the Corps at West Point.
Date
08/05/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accounts Office
Document number
1796080521555
Page start
162
Notable persons
Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Rochefontaine
Peter Hagner
clerk
Secretary of Treasury
Corps Artillerists and Engineers
Notable locations
West Point, New York
Accounts Office
Notable items
bills of commissary
supplies

