Pay of sergeants and muster and pay rolls
Document 1796Notification to Sergeant Williams that he will receive his pay and the pay of Sergeants John Packer and William Johnstone from James Read, federal revenue collector at Wilmington, North Carolina. Directs Williams to send in muster and pay rolls every two months
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George Fleming Esqr
West Point — New York
Accountants Office
Oct.r 20th 1796
Sir
You have omitted sending the Muster Roll of the 1 Detachment 1st Sub Legion for August; & Pay Roll for September 1796 which must be transmitted to this Office before any examination can take place and the amount thereof remitted you.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct.
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Edward Carrington Esqr
Supt. — Virginia
Accountants Office
Oct. 19th 1796
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Seventy seven Dollars 60/100, which you will please to pay to Lieut John Saunders at Fort Norfolk; being the balance of his account for pay. Subsistence & Recruiting to 30th Septr 1796, and take his duplicate Receipts therefor.
I am &c.
Wm Simmons
Acct
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Lieut John Saunders
Fort Norfolk
Virginia
Accountants Office
Oct. 19th 1796
Sir
Edward Carrington Esqr Supervisor at Richmond will pay you the sum of Seventy seven Dollars & 60/100, being the balance of your account for pay. Subsistence & Recruiting to 30.th Septr 1796 inclusive and for which you will please to sign duplicate Receipts.
The last Contract Price of Rations at Fort Norfolk being 16 Cents, your Subsistence is estimated at that Rate.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct
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Sergt Philips Williams
Fort Johnston
No Carolina
Accountants Office
Oct.r 19th 1796
Sir
James Read Esqr Collector at Wilmington will pay you, John Parker & Wm Johnstone the sum of One hundred & thirty five Dolls being for your & their pay from 1st January to 30th September 1796 & for which each of you will give him Receipts accordingly.
Enclosed you have blank Muster & Pay Rolls: You will therefore transmit a Muster (which you must make oath to before a Magistrate) and Pay Roll to this Office every two months, and the money will be remitted to James Read Esqr who will pay you the same.
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct
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James Read Esqr
Collector — Wilmington
North Carolina
Accountants Office
Oct. 19th 1796
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of One hundred & thirty five Dollars, which you will please to pay to Sergt Philips Williams, John Parker & William Johnstone of the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers stationed at Fort Johnstone, being for their pay from 1st Jany to 30. Septr 1796, and take their Receipts for the same agreeably to the enclosed Receipt Roll; which, as soon as receipted, you will be pleased to transmit to this Office in order that the amount thereof may be passed to your Credit; I am induced to give you this trouble of paying the men individually, they having no Officer with them & not knowing any other person in your quarter with whom I can intrust this business.
I am &c.
Wm Simmons
acct
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Edwd Carrington Esqr Supt
Richmond — Virginia
Accountants Office
Oct. 20th 1796
Sir
I recd your Letter of the 14th inst. enclosing
Capt. Alexr Gibson's receipt for Drs 506 64/100
Cadet James Triplett — — — — — — — 29 13/100
Amounting to — — Dollars — 535 77/100 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
Notification to Sergeant Williams that he will receive his pay and the pay of Sergeants John Packer and William Johnstone from James Read, federal revenue collector at Wilmington, North Carolina. Directs Williams to send in muster and pay rolls every two months
Date
10/19/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1796101921555
Page start
232
Notable persons
Sergeant Phillip Williams
William Simmons
James Read
collector Wilmington North Carolina
William Johnstone
John Parker
magistrate
Notable locations
Fort Johnston, North Carolina
Accountants Office
Notable items
muster roll
pay roll
receipts
pay

