Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons informs Hale that his payment will be delayed until appropriations are passed in Congress.
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Lieut David Hale
Elizabeth Town. N.Y.
Accountants Office
March 20th 1798
Sir
Your letter dated the 17th Instt with its enclosures, have been received, the receipts will be filed with the store before forwarded —
Your letter dated 1 Instt was duly received, & the Pay & Muster Rolls examined, the receipts for bounty filed and a letter prepared informing you of a remittance; when it was recollected that no appropriations had passed for the present Year, the letter was accordingly suspended, and will reach you when the appropriations are passed by Congress.
I am &c Wm Simmons Acct
Lieut Horatio R. Dayton
Elizabeth Town, N.J.
Accountants Office
1798
Sir
You will receive from Nicholas Fish Esqr supervisor at New York the sum of thirty nine Dollars and ninety two Cents, for which you will be pleased to give him the necessary receipts being for your Pay & Subsistence for January 1798
I am &c Wm Simmons Acct
Ensign William H. Boots
New Brunswick N.J.
Accountants Office
April 7th 1798
Sir
I received your letter of the 17 Instt enclosing Pay Roll, for December 97 & January 98. of the Detachment under your command and sundry receipts for Bounties paid by you; you will receive the amount of the former as usual from Nicholas Fish Esqr supervisor at New York on your giving him the necessary receipts, holding yourself accountable for the due application of the same, being one hundred & fifty three Dollars & two Cents, the latter are filed in the usual manner, subject to future settlement.
I am &c Wm Simmons Acct
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Hale that his payment will be delayed until appropriations are passed in Congress.
Date
03/20/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798032021355
Page start
237
Notable persons
Lieutenant David Hale
William Simmons
congress
Notable locations
Ellis's Island, New York
Accountant's Office
Ellis Island
Notable items
bounty
pay roll
muster roll
receipts
appropriations

