Contract price for officer's rations
Document 1796Simmons requests the at the various Army posts in the country to guide him in settling accounts. Cited in Steele to Simmons, 12/13/1796.
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John Kilty Esqr
Supt — Baltimore Accountant's Office
Decr 6th 1796
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Twenty one Dollars, which you will please to pay to Lieut Joseph [undecipherable]; being for the Pay of the men under his command at Whetstone Point, & take his duplicate receipts therefor.
Sam He
Wm Simmons
Acct.
John Chester Esqr Accountant's Office
Supt Weathersfield Decr 6th 1796
Connecticut
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of One Hundred & twenty dollars & 76/100, which you will please to pay to Capt Edwd Miller, at Middletown; being for the Pay of himself, Lt Danl Bissell & the men under the command of Capt Miller for Novr 1796, & take his duplicate receipts as usual.
Sam He
Wm Simmons
Acct.
Capt Edwd Miller Accountant's Office
Middletown Decr 6th 1796
Sir
I recd your letter of the 30th ulto, enclosing the Muster & Pay Rolls of your Recruits for Novr 1796, and after adding thereto Lt Danl Bissell's pay for said period (he being still in service) amounts to one hundred & twenty dollars & 26/100; which sum you will receive from John Chester Esqr Supervisor Weathersfield on giving him duplicate
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons requests the at the various Army posts in the country to guide him in settling accounts. Cited in Steele to Simmons, 12/13/1796.
Date
12/01/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1796120121555
Page start
276
Note
Steele was Comptroller of the Treasury. Cited in Steele to Simmons, 12/13/1796.
Notable persons
John Steele
William Simmons
Army
comptroller treasury
officers
Notable locations
Accountants Office
army post
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account
retained rations
contract price
settlement

