Caleb Gibbs' pay
Document 1796Notifies Gibbs that his account for compensation was approved and that he will receive the money from Jonathan Jackson, federal supervisor at Boston.
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Four thousands one hundred forty seven Dollars & twenty eight Cents; which sum will be credited to your Credit as usual: — also your % for receiving & paying monies from this Dept from 1st July to 1st Octr 1796 which will be examined and you informed thereof. — you will receive from the Treasurer of the United States the 13 Dollars for the pay of Lieut William M'Minn for Sept 1796 by his days first — the Warrant being mislaid in the Treasurer's Office is the reason of your not receiving —
I am &c
W. Simmons
Acct
John M'Dowell Subt & Adjutant Accountants Office
West Point Octr 12th 1796
New York
Sir
On examination of your recruiting account & references in marching your & Lieut [undecipherable] Hales Detachments from Boston to Rhode Island I find you have charged
13 Drs for bounty paid Henry Joseph Harby instead of his — dift — 1
also for your own distance & those there in pursuing deserters &c
from Boston to Rhode Island, for vouchers No 22[undecipherable], inadmissible 43.76
Amount Drs 46.76
Charges of this kind made by any Officers have always been deemed inadmissible. — The Balance due you is 37 Drs 22/100 which will be paid to you or your order as you will be pleased to direct
I am &c
W. Simmons
Acct
Nicholas Fish Esqr Accountants Office
Supervisor
New York
Sir
On examination of your account I find that receipts have not come forward for the following sums remitted you — If the receipts were forwarded they have either not come to hand or have been mislaid here — you will therefore please to send the duplicates to enable me to balance your account on the books here
I am &c
W. Simmons
Acct
Warrants
No 957 — for Drs 377.22 Feby 9th 1796 for which your rect is [undecipherable]
it being for a like sum paid by me for expenses incurred by Henry [undecipherable: probable reading Abeel] at Seneca Indians while in New York:
1121 — for 168 Drs 21st April 1796 to be paid to T. U. Rivardi
1134 — for 73 — 4th May. 96 to be paid to Capt. Geo. Fleming
1212 — for 176 — 21st do — do — to Horatio R. Dayton
Amounting to Drs 793 22/100
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Notifies Gibbs that his account for compensation was approved and that he will receive the money from Jonathan Jackson, federal supervisor at Boston.
Date
10/07/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1796100721555
Page start
221
Notable persons
Caleb Gibbs
William Simmons
Jonathan Jackson
federal supervisor
clerk navy yard Boston
Notable locations
Boston
Accountants Office
Notable items
account
compensation
receipt

