Pay for Captain Miller and his men
Document 1796Notification that he will receive the money for his pay and the pay of his men from John Chester, federal supervisor in Connecticut.
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John Chester Esqr
Supervisor
Connecticut
Accountants Office
Augt 16. 1796
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of one hundred & forty eight Dollars & ninety one Cents which you will please to pay to Captain Edward Miller at Middletown (being for the pay of himself & men for the month of July 1796) and take his duplicate receipts to be accountable for the due application thereof.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct
Captn Edward Miller
Middletown
Connecticut
Accountants Office
Augt 16. 1796
Sir
John Chester Esqr Supervisor Connecticut will pay you the sum of one hundred and forty eight Dollars & ninety one Cents, being for the pay of yourself and men for the month of July 1796 for which sum you will give your duplicate receipts to be accountable for the Disbursement thereof agreeably to the enclosed Receipt Rolls.
I am &c.
Wm Simmons
Acct
P.S. You have charged the Pay of Lieutt Bissell 30 Dollars pr month instead of 26 Dolrs. which makes a Difference of 8 Dollars. this together with a small Error in your pay Rolls will account for difference as stated by you.
Decius Wadsworth Esqr
Hartford Sir Connecticut
Accountants Office
August 16th 1796
I have received your letter of the 14th Inst. and have to inform you that your pay for the month of June has been transmitted to West Point to Lieutt Nehemiah Freeman Temporary Pay Master at that Post. You can therefore draw on him who will attend to it.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Notification that he will receive the money for his pay and the pay of his men from John Chester, federal supervisor in Connecticut.
Date
08/16/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1796081621555
Page start
172
Notable persons
Captain Edward Miller
William Simmons
John Chester
supervisor Connecticut
Lieutenant Bissell
Notable locations
Middletown, Connecticut
Accountants Office
Notable items
receipts
pay
disbursement


