Certification of payments due; account of John Habersham, collector of customs Savannah Georgia
Document 1797Simmons certifies that $168.65 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 he is accountable in pursuit of a warrant to be issued in his favor.
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Department of War
Accountants Office
August 7th 1797
I Certify that from a letter of the Comptroller dated the 4th Instant covering a receipt of John Habersham Collector of the Customs for Savannah in Georgia dated 1st July 1797 said Habersham has applied to the Incidental and Contingent expences of the War Department the sum of One hundred sixty eight dollars and sixty five cents which he has discounted out of the monies arising from Duties on Impost and Tonnage and for which he is accountable in pursuance of a Warrant to be issued in his favor by the Secretary of War to which said receipt is to be annexed agreeably to the communication of the Comptroller.
[strikethrough: Dolrs 168.65]
The Secretary of War
Wm Simmons
Acctt
Accountants Office
August 8th 1797
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers stationed at Mud Island Fort the sum of [underline: Three hundred and seventeen dollars & sixty cents] being for the Pay of Donald C. Mitchell Captain, the Pay of Henry Bur-kintire Lieutt, the pay & forage of John R. Lynch Surgeons mate and the Pay of the Non Commissioned Officers and privates of the said detachment for the month of July 1797 which sum is payable to
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $168.65 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 he is accountable in pursuit of a warrant to be issued in his favor.
Date
08/07/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797080721054
Page start
10
Note
Account of John Habersham
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John Habersham
Collector of the Customs
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Savannah, Georgia
Notable items
pay
monies
duties
imposts
tonnage
warrant

