Account of John Habersham Collector of the Customs for Savannah, Georgia
Document 1797Simmons certifies that $90 is due John Habersham, Collector of the Customs for Savannah, Georgia, the amount he discounted from the monies arising from duties on imposts and tonnage and for which a warrant should be issued in his favor.
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Accountants Office
February 6th 1797
I Certify that there is due Campbell Smith the sum of twenty eight dollars 5/90 being for his Pay and Subsistence as Lieutenant in the 4th U. S. Regiment and his Subsistence & forage as Brigade Major to Brigadier General Wilkinson for the month of January 1797.
Wm Simmons
Acct
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the Sec of War
Accountants Office
February 6th 1797
I Certify that there is due to Brigadier General James Wilkinson, the Sum of One hundred & twenty five dollars 5/90 being for his Pay, Subsistence and forage for the month of January 1797.
Wm Simmons
Acct
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the Sec of War
Accountants Office
February 7th 1797
I Certify that Captain John F. of the Comptrollers letter the 8th inst was not a ground for the Contractors debits of the rations for Garrisoned or en camp posts the 30th June to 1797, and Robinson has applied to the accountant for a report & return of the War department the issue of troops rations which he has received out of the monies arising from duties on Imports and Tonnage, and for which he is to be accountable in pursuance of the act to be found in the Secretary of the to which and [undecipherable] as be deemed agreeable the Communication of the Comptroller.
Wm Simmons
Acct
the Sec of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $90 is due John Habersham, Collector of the Customs for Savannah, Georgia, the amount he discounted from the monies arising from duties on imposts and tonnage and for which a warrant should be issued in his favor.
Date
02/07/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1797020721055
Page start
354
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John Habersham
Collector of the Customs for Savannah, Georgia
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Georgia
Savannah
Notable items
monies
duties
imposts
tonnage
warrant
pay

