Credit to Freeman's account
Document 1797Acknowledges receipt of Freeman's "account current" and vouchers that will be credited on the books of the War Department accountants office.
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Lieut.t Nehemiah Freeman Accountants[undecipherable]
Temporary Paymaster July 12[undecipherable]
West Point
Sir
I received your letter of the 30th Ult[undecipherable]
enclosing your account Current and the diffren[undecipherable]
Vouchers therein refered to which have underg[undecipherable]
examination and the amount will be passed [undecipherable]
your Credit on the Books of this Office after ddu[undecipherable]
Henry Clarks account of nine dollars which is in[undecipherable]
issible; I return you the account herewith[undecipherable]
this deduction there will remain unaprop[undecipherable]
in your hands the sum of Three hundred Forty Four Do[undecipherable]
and[undecipherable] agreeably to your own statement.
Sam vo
Wm Simmons
acct
Joshua Wentworth Esqr Accountants Office
Supervisor July 12th 1799
Portsmouth N.H.
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States [undecipherable]
remit you the sum of [underline: One hundred dollars] wh[undecipherable]
you will please to pay to Mr Edmund H. Quincy Supe[undecipherable]
tendant of the navy Yard at Portsmouth N. Hampshire [undecipherable]
Salary from 1st April to 30th June 1799 inclusive and take[undecipherable]
duplicate receipts for the same. Sam vo
Wm Simmons
accot
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Acknowledges receipt of Freeman's "account current" and vouchers that will be credited on the books of the War Department accountants office.
Date
07/12/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1797071221255
Page start
143
Notable persons
Lieutenant Nehemiah Freeman
William Simmons
Henry Clark
temporary paymaster West Point
Notable locations
West Point
Accountant's Office
New York
Notable items
credit
books
account
unappropriated
examination

