State of the muskets at West Point
Document 1796Advises Hodgdon that another bill has been given to the War department for cleaning and repairing muskets at West Point and recommends that Hodgdon investigate the state of the muskets at that post.
100%
⇣No human transcription currently available for this document.
This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (model sonnet 4.6). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.
Dollars which has been examined and will be passed to your Credit on the Books of this Office
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct
Frederick Sprig Accountants Office
West Point Octr 10th 1796
Sir
I recd your letter of the 4th inst. enclosing your account for Compensation as assistant Store-keeper at West Point, for the months of July, August & Sept. 1796, amounting to Ninety Dollars, which sum you will receive from Nicholas Fish Esqr Supervisor New York, on giving him duplicate receipts for the same.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct
Nicholas Fish Accountants Office
Supervisor Octr 10th 1796
New York
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the Sum of Ninety Dollars, which you will please to pay to Frederick Sprig at West Point, being for his Salary as Assistant Store-keeper for the Months of July, August & September 1796, and take his duplicate receipts for the same.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr Accountants Office
Octr 10th 1796
Sir
In addition to Mr Cranch's Account for Dllrs 203050/100 for cleaning & repairing Arms at West Point, which you returned to this Office, inclosed in your Letter of 5th Sept., certifying that the same was charged agreeable to Contract. — He has now rendered another Account of the same kind with the same prices affixed to the charges amounting to Drs 65542/100. I give you this information; that as you hinted, some examination may be made into the state of the Musquets at West Point; for the repairs whereof a very considerable sum has been already expended.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Advises Hodgdon that another bill has been given to the War department for cleaning and repairing muskets at West Point and recommends that Hodgdon investigate the state of the muskets at that post.
Date
10/10/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accounts Office
Document number
1796101021955
Page start
224
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
William Simmons
Mr. Cranch
Notable locations
Accounts Office
West Point
New York
Notable items
cleaning and repairing weapons
account
contract
charges
examination
muskets
musquets


