William Simmons discusses pay, finance and accounting with Major Craig
Document 1797William Simmons informs Major Craig that monies have been allocated in agreement to the Major's estimate.
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Isaac Craig Eqr
Pittsburg
Accountants Office
November 9th 1797
Sir
Conformably to your estimate for the pay &c. of the Troops on the upper posts of the Ohio for the month of August & September 1797 Lieutt. dovell has received the sum of Three Thousand, seven hundred ninety dollars &100 the amount after adding three months pay & forage to the estimate so as to compleat the pay &c. of the Troops in your Quarter to the end of the year — He is accountable for the delivery thereof to you, and on receipt you will grant your duplicate receipts to him to be forwarded for his exoneration to this Office.
Saml u.
Wm Simmons Accts
Caleb Swan Eqr
DtEtroit —
Accountants Office
November 10th 1797
Sir
The foregoing is duplicate of my letter to you by last post. The present serves to cover an extract from the Warrant book from the 2d. October to this day for your government.
On looking over the abstract of your last payments I find you have again commenced advancing monies on estimate without pay or muster rolls — I need only remind you of the frequent communications made to you on this head, and refer you to the instructions of the Comptroller — I must suspend passing those advanced for pay with-
Type
Letterbook
Description
William Simmons informs Major Craig that monies have been allocated in agreement to the Major's estimate.
Date
11/09/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1797110921155
Page start
39
Note
Cited in Craig to Simmons, 11/16/1797.
Notable persons
Isaac Craig
William Simmons
troops
Lieutenant Lovell
Notable locations
Pittsburg
Accountant's Office
upper posts of Ohio
Notable items
estimate
pay
pay
forage
receipt
exoneration

