Report on financial matters at Fort Niagara New York
Document 1797Sends his "account current" with explanation of certain items, including the entertainment of visitors to the fort. Mentions visits of British officers. Entertainment of visitors has been worthwhile in establishing good relations. But now that the Fort is no longer a novelty, double rations is probably a liberal allowance. Mentions duty as paymaster, expenses of marching a detachment from Mud Island to West Point, difficulties of recruiting at the fort, the drinking of his sergeant and its effect on the accuracy of the payrolls, and money spent for the recruiting service. Cited in Simmons to Bruff, 12/20/1797.
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Autograph Letter Signed
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Sends his "account current" with explanation of certain items, including the entertainment of visitors to the fort. Mentions visits of British officers. Entertainment of visitors has been worthwhile in establishing good relations. But now that the Fort is no longer a novelty, double rations is probably a liberal allowance.
Mentions duty as paymaster, expenses of marching a detachment from Mud Island to West Point, difficulties of recruiting at the fort, the drinking of his sergeant and its effect on the accuracy of the payrolls, and money spent for the recruiting service. Cited in Simmons to Bruff, 12/20/1797.
Date
12/01/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Niagara
Document number
1797120170001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Bruff, 12/20/1797.
Notable persons
William Simmons
James Bruff
accountant's office
paymaster
E.S. Hunt
J. Weisner
J. White
P. Parker
sergeant
John Stephens
War Office
Notable locations
Niagara
works near Baltimore
posts
Canada
American garrison
New York
Mud Island
West Point
sea coast
Notable items
receipt rolls
muster rolls