Credit to Jackson's account
Document 1796Acknowledges receipt of two receipts that will be entered to Jackson's credit on the account books of the War Department
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Mr Edmund H. Quincy
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Accountants Office
Oct 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 Drs 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 30th 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 37710/100, 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 Hunt's rect for — 500 Dollars
Capt Saml Nicholson's — 33540/100
amounting to Dollars — 83540/100, which sum will be entered to your credit on the Books of this Office.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Acknowledges receipt of two receipts that will be entered to Jackson's credit on the account books of the War Department
Date
10/14/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accounts Office
Document number
1796101421155
Page start
227
Notable persons
Jonathan Jackson
William Simmons
Major Thomas Hunt
Captain Samuel Nicholson
supervisor Massachusetts
Notable locations
Massachusetts
Accounts Office
Notable items
credit
books

