William Simmons discusses pay, finance and accounting with Caleb Swan

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Type

Letterbook

Description

William Simmons requests more regular reporting on troop pay periods from Caleb Swan.

Date

11/03/1797

Author

William Simmons

Recipient

Caleb Swan

Sent from

Accountant's Office

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)

Document number

1797110321255

Page start

18

Note

Cited in Simmons to Swan, 11/24/1797.

Notable persons

Caleb Swan
William Simmons
paymaster general
Mr. Lovell
Major Rivardi
Captain Thomas Pasteur
Captain Abner Prior
Lieutenant James Sterrett
Charles Hyde
Captain Haskell
Attorney general
agents
paymaster
inspector
subaltern
officer
congress
troops
garrison
troops

Notable locations

D'Etroit
Accountant's Office
Detroit

Notable items

act of congress
abstract of payments
communications
funds
accounts
abstract of delinquents
final settlement
pay
balance
pay roll
credits
recruiting account