Pay roll approved
Document 1797Acknowledges receipt of pay roll for Miller and his recruits. Money for the pay will be forwarded by John Chester, federal supervisor at Weathersfield, Connecticut.
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I am &c.
Wm Simmons
Acct.
John Chester Esqr Accountants Office
Supervisor May 15th 1797
Weathersfield
Connecticutt
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Sixty three Dollars & 26/100: which you will please to pay to Capt Edward Miller of Middletown, being for the pay of himself & Recruits under his command for April 1797: and take his duplicate Receets for the due application of the same.
I am &c.
Wm Simmons
Acct.
Capt Edward Miller Accountants Office
Middletown May 15th 1797
Connecticutt
Sir
I received your letter of the 11th Inst. enclosing the Pay Roll of yourself and Recruits for April 1797 which has been examined and after adding thereto [undecipherable] short charged in Pay Roll for Stephen Dorrey, amounts to 63 [undecipherable]/100 Dol. which sum you will receive from John Chester Esqr. Supervisor Weathersfield Connecticutt, on giving him duplicate Receipts for the due application thereof.
I am &c.
Wm Simmons
Acct.
Capt Russell Bissell Accountants Office
Presque Isle May 16th 1797
Sir
The Receipt Roll of your Detatchment for September and October 1796 has been examined and amounts to Seven Hundred & ninety four Dollars 33/100 which sum will be passed to your Credit on the Books of this Office.
I am &c.
Wm Simmons
Acct.
Daniel Stevens Esqr Accountants Office
Supervisor May 16th 1797
Charleston. South Carolina
Sir
I received your letters of the 28th & 29th April, with the enclosures therein mentioned, the amount of which will be duly entered on the Books of this Office to the proper, Accounts.
I am &c.
Wm Simmons
Acct.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Acknowledges receipt of pay roll for Miller and his recruits. Money for the pay will be forwarded by John Chester, federal supervisor at Weathersfield, Connecticut.
Date
05/15/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1797051521955
Page start
55
Notable persons
Captain Edward Miller
William Simmons
recruits
John Chester
supervisor Weathersfield Connecticut
Stephen Dorrey
Notable locations
Middletown, Connecticut
Accountant's Office
Notable items
payroll
receipts

