Advances of pay
Document 1796Notifies Holt that the Secretary of War has authorized advances of his pay, which have been paid to Samuel Hodgdon, per Holt's order.
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Mr Edmund H. Quincy
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Accountants Office
Octr 12th 1796
Sir
I received your letter of the 3 Inst enclosing your account, and have transmitted your Salary for the Quarter ending 30 Sept 1796, amounting to 18750/100 Dols to Joshua Wentworth Esqr Supervisor of New Hampshire, on the receipt of which you will please to sign duplicate Receipts
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct.
Joshua Wentworth
Supervisor, Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Accountants Office
Octr 12th 1796
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of One hundred eighty seven Dollars & fifty Cents, which you will please to pay to Edmund H. Quincy being for his Salary as Clerk of the Navy Yard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire from 1st July to 30 Sept 1796 inclusive, and take his duplicate receipts for the same
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct.
Nicholas Fish Esqr
Supervisor of New York
Accountants Office
Octr 13th 1796
Sir
Since writing to you yesterday, I have found all the receipts that were wanted except your own for Dollars 277[undecipherable]/100, which you will be pleased to forward as soon as possible, so as to enable me to close your account on the Books of this Office.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct.
Jonathan Jackson Esqr
Supervisor
Massachusetts
Accountants Office
Octr 14th 1796
Sir
I recd your letter of the 7th Inst enclosing Major Thomas Hunts rect for ...... 500 Dollars
Capt. Saml Nicholsons ........ 33525/100
Amounting to Dollars ..... 83525/100, which sum will be credited to your credit on the Books of this Office.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Notifies Holt that the Secretary of War has authorized advances of his pay, which have been paid to Samuel Hodgdon, per Holt's order.
Date
10/08/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1796100821155
Page start
222
Notable persons
Thomas Holt
William Simmons
Secretary of War
Samuel Hodgdon
Notable locations
New London, Virginia
Accountants Office
Notable items
advances
estimate

