Notification of Mailed Receipt Roll

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Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Description

Steele notified he will receive receipt roll for the pay of troops under his command. Sum will be remit to Steele by Samuel Lewis. Amount rendered to Steele by Lewis did not include the pay of Robert Young and John Smith. Simmons advised Steele that all future recruits must be made known to the Office through a muster roll before they are paid. Simmons noted that Steele received double rations for July, an entitlement no longer justified as stated by Congress. Simmons demanded Steele settle the account for rations with the contractors and forward a certificate of the transaction the exonerate Steele from the charges.

Date

10/17/1797

Recipient

Sent from

Accountant's Office

Document number

1797101721255

Page start

429

Note

Cited in Steele to Simmons, 10/28/1797.

Notable persons

Lieutenant John Steele
William Simmons
Samuel Lewis
Robert Young
John Smith
recruits
congress
clerk
magistrate
Gunkle
treasury
officers
troops
contractor
witness

Notable locations

Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Accountant's Office

Notable items

receipt roll
pay
enlistment
receipts
credit
muster roll
treasury
settlements