Pay of Lt. Col. Gaither's troops in Georgia
Document 1796Notification to Stevens that he will receive funds that he is to transfer to Constant Freeman for the pay of the regular Army troops in Georgia under the command of Lt. Col. Henry Gaither. Notes that "great dispatch" is required in the pay of the troops in time. Cited in Stevens to Simmons, 11/21/1796.
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Major Thomas Hunt
Watertown
Sir!
You will receive from Jonathan Jackson Esqr the sum of five hundred Dollars on account of your pay & forage and for which you will sign duplicate receipts to be accountable therefore.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Jonathan Jackson Esqr
Supervisor
Boston
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of five hundred Dollars which you will please to pay to Major Thomas Hunt at Watertown being an advance made him on account of his pay & forage and for which you will take his duplicate receipts to be accountable therefore.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
John Chester Esqr Accountants Office
Supervisor Sept. 28th 1796
Connecticut
Sir!
I received your letter of the 25th inst. enclosing a Receipt of Capt. Edwd Millers for one hundred & Four Dollars which sum will be entered to your Credit on the Books of this Office.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Capt. Edwd E. Miller Accountants Office
Middletown Sept. 28th 1796
Connecticut
Sir!
I received your letter of the 25th inst. enclosing your Rec Roll for Jan. 1796 amounting to one hundred & four Dollars which has been examined & will be entered to your Credit on the Books of this Office.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Notification to Stevens that he will receive funds that he is to transfer to Constant Freeman for the pay of the regular Army troops in Georgia under the command of Lt. Col. Henry Gaither. Notes that "great dispatch" is required in the pay of the troops in time. Cited in Stevens to Simmons, 11/21/1796.
Date
09/22/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1796092221255
Page start
203
Note
Cited in Stevens to Simmons, 11/21/1796.
Notable persons
Daniel Stevens
William Simmons
treasurer
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Gaither
Constant Freeman
regular troops
Notable locations
Charleston, South Carolina
Accountants Office
Georgia
Notable items
pay
receipts
money

