Closing of Rucastle's account
Document 1797Requests that Captain Rucastle provide his account and vouchers for monies received from the War Office so that Simmons can close his account.
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Samuel Meredith Esqr Department of War
Treasurer of the — Accountants Office
United States February 7th 1797
Sir
Inclosed is a receipt of John Habersham Collector of Customs, for Savannah in the State of Georgia, amounting to Ninety dollars; also a Warrant for said sum being for the incidental and contingent expences of this Department, to which warrant the Receipt is to be annexed agreeably to the request of the Comptroller of the Treasury
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct
John Harris Esqr. Accountants Office
Hori Hecker Phila. January 8th 1794
Sir
In the accounts rendered by Samuel Hodgdon Esqr he charges Rent, for a Store of Stores on Market street, Philaa at the rate of 300 dollars p year as well as a payment made to Steinmetz, or the Rent of his upper Store Rooms in his Ware House at the rate of 100 dollars p ann. In order to ascertain & fix the amount, proper to be charged to the Military Store Department — I have to request you will furnish me with information what proportion of those Stores contain articles belonging to that Department
I am &c.
Wm Simmons
Acct.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Requests that Captain Rucastle provide his account and vouchers for monies received from the War Office so that Simmons can close his account.
Date
01/31/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797013121555
Page start
357
Notable persons
Jonathan Rucastle
William Simmons
treasurer
Notable locations
Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Accountants Office
Notable items
books
charges
vouchers

