Request for Account Information or Refund
Document 1797Simmons urgently requests account details regarding monies advanced by Pressley Nevill to William Taylor, late paymaster to Major Lewis' Virginia Militia Cavalry, for pay of militia to suppress an insurrection in Pennsylvania 1794. Money was advanced to Taylor by warrants, who then paid Major Lewis' regiment from Virginia. Simmons gave specific details on the appropriate manner to file account.
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Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons urgently requests account details regarding monies advanced by Pressley Nevill to William Taylor, late paymaster to Major Lewis' Virginia Militia Cavalry, for pay of militia to suppress an insurrection in Pennsylvania 1794. Money was advanced to Taylor by warrants, who then paid Major Lewis' 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
1797101722955
Page start
360
Notable persons
William Taylor
William Simmons
Major Lewis
Colonel Pressley Neville Paymaster General
Treasurer of United States
Congress
Virginia Militia Cavalry
Regiment
congress
Notable locations
Fredericksburg
Accountant's Office
Virginia
Notable items
account
monies
pay
insurrection
advance
warrant
pubilc money
vouchers
credit
expenditures
payrolls
accounts
receipts
balance
abstract