Credit to Craig's account
Document 1796Acknowledges receipt of a receipt of Ensign Meriwether Lewis that will be credited on the books of the War Department accountants office.
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on your Pay Roll to the 31st Augt 1792 &amounts to One hundred &five Dollars.
Your speedy answer is particularly requested.
Janry
Wm Simmons
Acct
Nicholas Fish Esqr
Supt — New York
Accountants Office
Decr 14th 1796
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of One hundred dollars, which you will please to pay to Mr Foreman Cheeseman, being for his Compensation, as Superintendant of Stores at Navy Yard, New York, from 1st July to 30 Sept 1796, & take his duplicate Receipts therefor.
Janry
Wm Simmons
Acct
Foreman Cheeseman
Superintendant of Stores
at Navy yard — New York
Accountants Office
Decr 14th 1796
Sir
Nicholas Fish Esqr Supt New York will pay you the sum of One hundred Dollars; being for your Compensation as Superintendant of Stores at Navy Yard, New York, from 1st July to 30th Sept 1796 on giving him duplicate receipts therefor.
Janry
Wm Simmons
Acct
Caleb Swan Esqr
P.M.G. — Detroit
Accountants Office
Dec 16th 1796
Sir
Agreeably to what I wrote to you on the 9th inst. I now enclose you an Extract taken from the Warrant Book, as well as a list of the Bills drawn by H. De Butts, part of which have been paid as will appear by the above extract, the remainder have not yet become due — Those Bills are entered to
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Acknowledges receipt of a receipt of Ensign Meriwether Lewis that will be credited on the books of the War Department accountants office.
Date
12/08/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1796120821155
Page start
283
Notable persons
Isaac Craig
William Simmons
Peter Odrany
Ensign Meriwether Lewis
deputy quarter master general
Notable locations
Pittsburg
Accountants Office
Detroit
Notable items
money
books
credit
settlement
credit

