Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons provides an account balance to Lt. Grayson.
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Augustus De Grasse
Tempy Engineer, Charleston
Accountants Offe
March 15.
Sir
You will receive from Daniel Stevens
supervisor, Charleston, the sum of two hundred & thirty Dollars, you
will please to give him the necessary receipts, being the amount of pay
for compensation from 1 October to 31 December 1797.
Saml Bs
Pt
Lt Peter Grayson
Knoxville
Belle Canton, Tennessee
Accountants Offe
March 15.
Sir
Since writing the original copy
is annexed with the present, a letter has been transmitted to this Office
Mr Craig enclosing the receipt Roll of a Detachment under your comd
Fort Kandsoph, amounting to the sum of three hundred & eight & [strikethrough: t]
twelve Cents, for which you shall be credited on the Books, but be
pleased to observe that you stand indebted for the 152 Dollars as
in the former.
Saml Bs
W Sums
Capt Russell Bissell
Presque Isle
Accountants Offe
March
Sir
I received your letter of the 8 Ulto
Receipt Roll & loose receipts from 1 August to the 31 December 97 inclusive
of yourself & the Detachment under your command, the amount received
Eleven hundred and ninety seven Dollars and six Cents. I advised you
in my letter of November 24 '97 that you would obtain a credit on the
of this Office for the pay for April 97 of James Dougherty which
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons provides an account balance to Lt. Grayson.
Date
03/15/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798031522255
Page start
230
Notable persons
Lieutenant Peter Grayson
William Simmons
Isaac Craig
detachment
Notable locations
Belle Canton, Knoxville Tennessee
Accountant's Office
Fort Randolph
Notable items
receipt
command
books
credit
indebted

