Army pay matters
Document 1796Amount due to the estate of Lt. Bunter. Discusses schedule of balances for unpaid absentees from the 3rd Sub-Legion;
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John Kelly Esqr
Supervisor
Baltimore
Maryland
Sir!
I received your Letter of the 26 inst. enclosing Lieutnt Jonathan Robeson's Receipts for one hundd & twenty five Dollars 100⁄; which sum will be entered to your Credit on the Books of this Office.
I am &c.
Wm Simmons
Acct
Nicholas Fish Esqr Accountants Office
Supervisor Sept 29th
New York
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Fifty two Dollars, which you will please to pay to Horatio R. Dayton at Elizabethtown; being on account of his pay, & for which you will take his duplicate receipts to be accountable therefor.
I am &c.
Wm Simmons
Acct
Lieut Horatio R. Dayton Accountants Office
Elizabethtown Septr 29th 1796
Sir!
You will receive from Nicholas Fish Esqr Supervisor New York the sum of Fifty two Dollars, being an advance made on account of your pay & for which you will sign duplicate receipts to be accountable therefor.
As there is a considerable unsettled account of yours on the Books of this Office, you will be pleased to transmit your receipts & vouchers as early as possible, in order that an examination may take place & the amount thereof, passed to your Credit accordingly.
I am &c.
Wm Simmons
Act
N.B. your pay for the month of August has been transmitted to West point.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Amount due to the estate of Lt. Bunter. Discusses schedule of balances for unpaid absentees from the 3rd Sub-Legion;
Date
09/23/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1796092321555
Page start
204
Notable persons
Caleb Swan
William Simmons
Lieutenant Bunter
absentees
3rd Sub-Legion
paymaster
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Notable items
estate
balance
schedule of balances
list
payments
balances
pay

