Receipt and warrant
Document 1797Cover letter for a receipt and warrant of John Habersham, collector of customs at Savannah, Georgia, for expenses of the War Department
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Samuel Meredith Esqr
Treasurer of the
United States
Sir
Department of War
Accountants Office
February 7th 1797
Inclosed is a receipt of John Habersham Collector of the 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
Acctr
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Cover letter for a receipt and warrant of John Habersham, collector of customs at Savannah, Georgia, for expenses of the War Department
Date
02/07/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797020721155
Page start
364
Notable persons
Samuel Meredith
William Simmons
John Habersham
collector customs
treasurer
comptroller treasury
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Savannah Georgia
Notable items
expenses
incidental and contingent expenses
warrant
receipt

