Accounting for money charged
Document 1797Requests that Tipton provide his account and vouchers for monies paid to his company of levies and charged to him so that Simmons can close his account
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Capt John Wade
Sir Knoxville
Accountants Office
February 10th 1797
Sir
By an abstract of charges received from Caleb Swan Esqr I find you received Two Hundred and Twenty Six Dollars from the late Capt Reiz for the recruiting service, which you have omitted crediting in your last settlement here, and in your settlement of Subsistence, you have charged from the first of April 1796 and it appears he has paid you to the 30th June 1796.—
These omissions you must be well aware places the Accounts in this Office in a deranged situation not to say any thing of the serious consequences which might follow to an Officer from such omissions — I have therefore to request that you will without delay refund those Monies to David Henly Esqr Agent for the War Department and take his receipts therefor one of which you will immediately transmit to this Office that the amount may be entered to the Credit of your account
The sums to be refunded are as follows
Received from Capt Reiz ————— 226
Subsistence for May & June 61 Days a 4 Rations, a 2624/100 64.79
Total Two Hundred, Ninety Dollars & Seventy Nine Cents
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct
Colo David Henly
Agent for the Department of War
Sth Wn Territory Knoxville
Accountants Office
February 10th 1797
Sir
Herewith you have duplicates of my Letter
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Requests that Tipton provide his account and vouchers for monies paid to his company of levies and charged to him so that Simmons can close his account
Date
02/10/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797021021955
Page start
361
Notable persons
Captain Jacob Tipton
William Simmons
Captain of Levies
treasurer
company
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Notable items
account
vouchers
money
pay
credit
balance

