Dispute over Account, Money Due United States
Document 1797Henley is upset by the suggestion that he owes the War Department money. He carefully lays out his accounts since 1792, and asserts he only ever received his pay and not money for any other purpose.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Henley is upset by the suggestion that he owes the War Department money. He carefully lays out his accounts since 1792, and asserts he only ever received his pay and not money for any other purpose.
Date
10/31/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Wayne
Repository
Document number
1797103170101
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Henley, 12/08/1797.
two hardcopies exist on file. One has better penmanship.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Samuel Henley
Henry Knox
Conductor of Military Stores
Colonel James O'Hara, Quarter Master General
John Hellier
Daniel Harrigan
deputy quarter master general
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Fort Wayne
Hobson's Choice
Cincinnati
Western Country
Notable items
monies unaccounted for
accountants office books
advance pay
subsistence
account
quarterly payments
vouchers
debts
too great a regard for my name and my country
unhappy
public money
wages
duplicate