Credit to Miller's account
Document 1797Acknowledges receipt of a receipt roll that will be credited on the books of the War Department accountants office. Requests pay rolls. Cited in Miller to Simmons, 05/11/1797.
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[Capt. [undecipherable] [undecipherable]]
Middletown
Connecticut
Sir
I received your letter of the 30th ulto: enclosing the Receipt Roll of your Recruits for March 1797 amounting to Sixty six dollars &100 which will be passed to your Credit accordingly.
The pay for April is at present suspended, you having enclosed the Muster Roll [strikethrough: only] for that period. You will therefore be pleased to forward the Pay Roll to this Office, when an examination will take place and the amount due, transmitted as usual.
Samvc.
Wm Simmons
Acct.
Capt. Fred.k Frye = Accountants Office
Governors Island ✓ May 4th 1797
New York
Sir
I have received your letter of the 2d Inst: enclosing the Rec.t Roll of your Detachment for March and Muster & Pay Roll for April 1797.— The Receipt Roll amounting to 346 Dol.s has been examined and will be entered to your Credit accordingly ——— The Pay Roll for April has also been examined, and amounts to Three Hundred & fifty two dollars &100, which sum you will receive from
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Acknowledges receipt of a receipt roll that will be credited on the books of the War Department accountants office. Requests pay rolls. Cited in Miller to Simmons, 05/11/1797.
Date
05/03/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1797050321155
Page start
34
Note
Cited in Miller to Simmons, 05/11/1797.
Notable persons
Edward Miller
William Simmons
recruits
Notable locations
Middletown, Connecticut
Accountant's Office
Notable items
recruits
receipt roll
credit
examination
muster roll
suspended
books

