Settlement of Ingersoll's account
Document 1796Requests information needed for the settlement of Ingersoll's account with the War Department
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Capt.n George Ingersoll Accountants Office
West Point August 10th 179[...]
New York
Sir
I received your letter of the 6 Inst. addres[sed]
to P. Hagner, in answer to which I have to request that you will
inform me the place you were stationed at with the Army, whe[n]
you received your Furlough to go to Boston. when this Informat[ion]
arrives orders will be given for the payment of your account
agreeably to the settlement which will take place in consequen[ce]
of such Information. I am &c.
James Read Esq.r Accountants Office
Collector August 10. 1795
Wilmington
No. Carolina
Sir
I received the Letter of Thomas Robeson
Dep.ty Collector enclosing a receipt of Blakely & Vance for one hun[dred]
Dollars on account of supplies furnished & to be furnished to the
Recruits at Wilmington.
The Receipt I delivered at the Sec.y of [the]
Treasury's Office it not being proper to be forwarded to this Office.
No Receipts are forwarded here except such as are for mone[y]
advanced from this Department, of which I uniformly advi[se]
all persons concerned when any transmission of money tak[es]
place. I am &c.
Captain Alexander Gibson Department of War
Stanton Accountants Office
Virginia August 9th 179[...]
Sir
Agreeably to the Information contai[ned]
in the Letter to you of the 8th Inst. I enclose you a duplicate rect. for
the payment made on your account to Mr. John Boys amounting
to three hundred Dollars for which sum you are held accountable on[...]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Requests information needed for the settlement of Ingersoll's account with the War Department
Date
08/10/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1796081021255
Page start
165
Notable persons
Captain George Ingersoll
William Simmons
Peter Hagner
clerk
army
Notable locations
West Point
Accountants Office
New York
Boston
Notable items
furlough
settlement

