Request for Account Information or Refund; Captain Thomas Sandford
Document 1797Simmons urgently requests account details regarding monies advanced to Sandford by Presley Neville for pay of militia to suppress an insurrection in Pennsylvania. Money was advanced to Sanford by warrants, who then paid his militia cavalry regiment from Virginia. Simmons gave specific details on the appropriate manner to file account.
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[furnished.]
Your particular attention is required to these su
bjects as Col Nevill the Paymaster General has been furnished
with directions to attend to the final settlement of all the a
ccounts relative to that expedition and is to attend for that
purpose on the 15th Novr next before which time I flatter mys
your accounts and vouchers will all be regularly furnished
examined in this Office and the amount passed to its pro
account on the aforementioned abstract to be furnished to Con
I am &c.
Wm Simmons Acctt
Mr Thomas Sandford Accountants Offi
late Captain of a Troop of October 17th 1797
Virginia Militia Cavalry — Dumfries Post Office
Sir
In an abstract of monies advanced by Pay
Nevill late Paymaster General to the militia called out to
suppress an insurrection in the western counties of Penn
vania in the year 1794 you stand charged with money paid
you by him pursuant to a warrant in your favor being for
pay of a Troop of Virginia militia Cavalry commanded by yo
employed in said expedition; and as no vouchers have hither
been transmitted to this Office to exonerate you from this ad
I have to request your immediate attention in transmitting su
as you posess or can shortly procure, properly stated — and in case
deficiency to refund the balance unaccounted for to the Treasu
the United States.
I am under the necessity to be the more ur
in requesting your attention to this object in consequence o
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons urgently requests account details regarding monies advanced to Sandford by Presley Neville for pay of militia to suppress an insurrection in Pennsylvania. Money was advanced to Sanford by warrants, who then paid his militia cavalry regiment from Virginia. Simmons gave specific details on the appropriate manner to file account.
Date
10/17/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1797101722255
Page start
351
Notable persons
Thomas Sandford
William Simmons
Virginia Militia Cavalry
Colonel Presley Nevill, Paymaster General
Treasurer of United States
Congress
troop
receivers of public monies
Notable locations
Dumfries Post Office
Accountant's Office
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Western Counties of Pennsylvania
Notable items
resolution of congress
account
pay roll
receipts
balance
settlement
expedition
examination
insurrection western Pennsylvania

