Account of John Habersham, Collector for the Customs at Savannah Georgia
Document 1797Simmons certifies that $50 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
May 5th 1797
I certify that there is due to Charles Lewis [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in the 1st [Regiment] [undecipherable] and Sixty [undecipherable] dollars being for his Pay and Subsistence from the 1st April to the 1st October 1796 the date of his Resignation which sum is payable to Thomas Hinkel[?] by Virtue of a Power of Attorney
Pay 156 .
[Sub?] 54.80[?]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War [undecipherable] Acct
Accountants Office
Nov 5 1797
I certify that there is due to Francis Mentou[?] Inspector of the Troops & Garrisons of the United States the sum of Sixty dollars being for his Pay for the Month of April last.
Dol. 60
Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War [undecipherable] Acct
Accountants Office
Nov 4th [undecipherable]
I certify that there is due to Leman Cheeseman Superintendant of the Home at Navy Yard [undecipherable] the sum of Six Hundred Dollars for his Compensation from 1st October 1800 to 31st March 1801[?] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Wm Simmons
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Acct
The Secretary of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $50 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
05/05/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1797050521055
Page start
402
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John Habersham, Collector of the Customs
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Savannah, Georgia
Notable items
warrant
monies
duties
imposts
tonnage
pay

