Pay advance to Captain Britt
Document 1796Informs Swan, the paymaster at Army headquarters, of an advance of pay and subsistence that he has made to Captain Daniel Britt
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Mr Thomas Holt — Accountants Office
New London — Virginia Octo 20th 1796.
Sir
The Secretary of War has advanced you the sum of Eleven hundred sixty nine Dollars 116/100 which I have paid, agreably to your order, to Samuel Hodgdon Esqr and for which you are held accountable for the due application thereof
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct
George Fleming Esqr Accountants Office
West Point — New York Octo 22d 1796
Sir
The Pay Rolls of the Detachmen of the 1st Sub Legion for the service of the Ordnance Department, under your commands for the month of July, August, & September 1796 have been examined, and amount to One hundred ninety Dollars 42/100: which sum you will receive from Nicholas Fish Esqr Supervisor New York and for which you will give him duplicate receipts & disburse the same agreeably to the enclosed receipt Roll.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct
Nicholas Fish Esqr Accountants Office
Supr New York Octo 22d 1796
Sir
You will receive from the Treasurer of the United States the sum of One hundred ninety Dollars 42/100 which you will please to pay to George Fleming at West Point; being for the Pay of a Detachment of the 1st Sub Legion under his command from 1st July to 30 Sept 1796 and
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Informs Swan, the paymaster at Army headquarters, of an advance of pay and subsistence that he has made to Captain Daniel Britt
Date
10/18/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accounts Office
Document number
1796101821255
Page start
229
Notable persons
Caleb Swan
William Simmons
[paymaster troops
Captain Daniel Britt
Army Headquarters
Notable locations
Greenville
Accounts Office
Notable items
pay
subsistence
settlement
accounts
advance
payroll
stoppage

