Recruiting account and certificate of captured soldier
Document 1796Simmons reports that he has received the enlistments of two recruits and a certificate of Captain Miller that has allowed him to complete the examination of Morris's recruiting account. Nicholas Fish will provide the funds for the recruiting account. His comments on Miller's certificate that appears to deal with a soldier's pay for time spent as a prisoner in captivity.
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Captain Russell Bissell
Presqu'Isle
Accountants Office
Sept 2, 1796
Sir!
I have to acknowledge the re[ceipt]
of your Letter enclosing a rec't Roll of yourself and Men,
March & April 1796; the amount thereof after examination
will be entered to your credit on the Books of this Office.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Ensn Phal Martin
Fort Le Boeuf
Accountants Office
Sept. 2d 1796
Sir!
I received your Letter of the 15th ult
enclosing Receipt Rolls for five months pay of yourself & m[en]
and for Balance of Bounty paid them; the amount of
which after examination will be entered to your credit on
the Books of this office and you informed thereof.
I am &c
Wm Simmons Acc
Daniel Stevens Esqr
Supt Charleston
Accountants Office
Sept. 3d 1796
Sir
I recd your Letter of the 15th ult enc[losing]
Michael Hattisons receipt for four hundred & eighty three Dollars
77/100 which sum will as usual, be entered to your credit on the Bo[oks]
of this Office.
I am &c Wm Simmons
Edward Carrington Esqr
Supd Richmond
Accountants Offic[e]
Sir
I received your letter of the 27th ult
enclosing James Thisplett's receipt for Thirty Dollars which w[ill]
be entered to your credit on the Books of this Office.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons reports that he has received the enlistments of two recruits and a certificate of Captain Miller that has allowed him to complete the examination of Morris's recruiting account. Nicholas Fish will provide the funds for the recruiting account. His comments on Miller's certificate that appears to deal with a soldier's pay for time spent as a prisoner in captivity.
Date
08/23/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1796082321355
Page start
178
Note
Cited in Morris to Simmons, 10/04/1796.
Notable persons
Captain Staats Morris
William Simmons
Captain Miller
recruits
Oliver Thornton
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
prisoner
Notable locations
West Point, New York
Accountants Office
Notable items
certificate
examination
recruiting
deposition
capture

