Notification of Payment to Lieutenant Nehemiah Freeman, Temporary Paymaster West Point
Document 1797Lieutenant Nehemiah Freeman, temporary paymaster at West Point will receive $161.00 from Hamilton Fish upon presentation of duplicate receipts to Mr. Fish. Simmons advised Freeman on accounts of Captain William Littlefield, Henry Hannah, William Ryan, Colonel Rochefontaine, and Captain McRea to be settled with unappropriated monies. Simmons notes that he cannot see anything sufficiently satisfactory in Colonel Rochefontaine's remarks on the account of Findley and Cornwall to enable him to act on it. Simmons asks that Rochefontaine judge what would be a reasonable estimate for these men.
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Author's Letterbook Copy
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Lieutenant Nehemiah Freeman, temporary paymaster at West Point will receive $161.00 from Hamilton Fish upon presentation of duplicate receipts to Mr. Fish. Simmons advised Freeman on accounts of Captain William Littlefield, Henry Hannah, William Ryan, Colonel Rochefontaine, and Captain McRea to be settled with unappropriated monies. Simmons notes that he cannot see anything sufficiently satisfactory in Colonel Rochefontaine's remarks on the account of Findley and Cornwall to enable him to act on it. Simmons asks that Rochefontaine judge what would be a reasonable estimate for these men.
Date
09/14/1797
Author
Recipient
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Accountant's Office
Repository
Document number
1797091421255
Page start
281
Notable persons
Lieutenant Nehemiah Freeman
William Simmons
Temporary Paymaster
Colonel Rochefontaine
Captain McRea
Captain William Littlefield
Henry Hannah, William Ryan
Hamilton Fish Supervisor of New York
Findley and Cornwall
Notable locations
West Point
Accountant's Office
New York
Notable items
receipts
accounts
estimate