Receipt passed to the Treasury Department
Document 1796Notification that Simmons has passed a receipt for supplies furnished to the Army recruits at Wilmington that was sent to War Department by Thomas Robeson, Read's deputy collector, to the Secretary of the Treasury's office.
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Captn George Ingersoll Accountants Office
West Point August 10th 179[5]
New York:
Sir
I received your letter of the 6 Inst. address[ed] 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, when you received your Furlough to go to Boston. when this Informa[tion] arrives orders will be given for the payment of your account agreeably to the settlement which will take place in conseque[nce] of such Information. I am &c.
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James Read Esqr Accountants Office
Collector August 10. 1795
Wilmington
No. Carolina
Sir
I received the Letter of Thomas Robeson Dept 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 Sect 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 money advanced from this Department, of which I uniformly advise all persons concerned when any transmission of money tak[es] place. I am &c.
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Captain Alexander Gibson Department of War
Stanton Accountants Office
Virginia August 9th 179[5]
Sir
Agreeably to the Information contai[ned] in the Letter to you of the 5th 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 [text continues beyond page edge]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Notification that Simmons has passed a receipt for supplies furnished to the Army recruits at Wilmington that was sent to War Department by Thomas Robeson, Read's deputy collector, to the Secretary of the Treasury's office.
Date
08/10/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1796081021355
Page start
165
Notable persons
James Read
William Simmons
recruits
Thomas Robeson
deputy collector
Secretary of Treasury
Blakely Vance
Notable locations
Wilmington, North Carolina
Accountants Office
Notable items
supplies
receipts
monies


