Claims of Morris's men
Document 1796Notifies Morris that he has directed Mr. Freeman to pay the claims sent in by Morris's soldiers
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Capt Richard H. Greaton
Boston
Accountants Office
Octr 26th 1796
Sir
I rec'd your letter of the 18th inst enclosing your account for pay & Subsistence for September 1796 which has been examined & amount to fifty three Dollars & 50/100, which sum you will receive from Jonathan Jackson Esqr Supt of Massachusetts on giving him duplicate receipts for the same.
As respects your allowance of [undecipherable: Woode?], it is not settled at this Office.
I am &c.
W. Simmons
Acct
Jonathan Jackson Esqr
Supt Boston
Accountants Office
Octr 26th 1796
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Fifty three Dollars & fifty Cents, which you will please to pay to Capt Richard H. Greaton at Boston, being for his pay & Subsistence for September 1796 & take his duplicate receipts for the same.
I am &c.
W. Simmons
Acct
Lieut. Nehemiah Freeman
[undecipherable] Pay Mastr West Point
Accountants Office
Octr 29th 1796
Sir
I received your letter of the [undecipherable] inst enclosing one to you from Capt [undecipherable] Morris on the subject of my disallowing ten Dollars of his Account charged for his Expenses while remaining in New York for the money of the Corps — In answer to which I have to observe that at the time the allowance of Ten Dollars was first granted, it was thought sufficient to defray the Expenses of Transportation from West Point to New York back, which was all that was contemplated. Nothing was then mention'd of the expense while in New York. Capt. Morris having visited there a short time more than other Officers in that kind of Business, could not have authoriz'd any additional charge. Conceiving the Ten Dollars as sufficiency, I cannot allow more, and as this sum is passed to your credit on the Books of this Office — The Account cannot be return'd as it is a Voucher for the Entry, but enclose you a Copy of it —
I deliver you the account of Stewart Moore for making a regimental Coat — It not being proper to be settled at this Office, having no head of expenditure on these Books, under which a charge of this kind would be proper.
P.S. You will please to pay Adjutant Smith
the sum of Thirty eight Dollars [undecipherable], being the
Balance of his account of Recruiting [undecipherable],
for which please take his receipt.
I am &c.
your
W. Simmons
Acct
Isaac Craig Esqr
Pittsburg
Accountants Office
Octr 29th 1796
Sir
I received your letter of the [undecipherable] inst — Lieut. [undecipherable] has not yet called at this Office for a Settlement — the Thirty Dollars are not yet passed to your credit.
The Account of [undecipherable] will also remain unsettled until I find he has as much due to him as your advances — in which case it will be passed to your credit.
The Surplus Money remaining in your hands after paying the troops for June & July, you will appropriate to paying them for subsequent months.
I am &c.
W. Simmons
Acct
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Notifies Morris that he has directed Mr. Freeman to pay the claims sent in by Morris's soldiers
Date
10/20/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1796102021355
Page start
235
Notable persons
Captain Staats Morris
William Simmons
soldiers
Nehemiah Freeman
men
company
Notable locations
West Point
Accountants Office
Notable items
claims

