Settlement of account
Document 1796Discusses the documentation required for the settlement of Capt. Lewis' account with the War Department.
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Jonathan Jackson Esqr
Supt Boston
Accountants Office
Nov. 11. 1796
Sir
In the absence of the Accountant, I have received your letter of the 5th Inst. enclosing the receipt of Capt Richard H. Greaton for fifty three Dollars & fifty Cents, which sum will be entered to your Credit on the Books of this Office.
I am &c
Peter Wagner
Prinl Clk
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Discusses the documentation required for the settlement of Capt. Lewis' account with the War Department.
Date
11/04/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1796110421655
Page start
247
Notable persons
Captain William Lewis
William Simmons
Secretary of War
Nicholas Smith
magistrate
Notable locations
Hager's Town, Maryland
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
subsistence
recruiting
contingencies
advances
marching
vouchers
balance
examination