Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons informs Dayton that undrawn rations are not reimbursable for enlisted men.
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John S. Dexter Esqr Accountants Office
Supervisor, Providence R.I. 1798
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of two hundred & thirty two Dollars & sixteen Cents which you will be pleased to pay to Capt Joseph Elliott, commanding at Fort Wolcott, taking the necessary receipt, holding him accountable being for pay of himself and Detachment for January 98 —
I am &c
W Simmons
Acct
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Capt Joseph Elliott Accountants Office
Fort Wolcott near New Port R.I. 1798
Sir
You will receive from John S. Dexter Esqr Supervisor at Providence the sum of two hundred thirty two Dollars & sixteen Cents for which you will be pleased to give him the necessary receipt, holding yourself accountable being for pay of yourself and Detachment for January 98
I am &c
W Simmons
Acct
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[undecipherable] Accountants Office
Elizabethtown [undecipherable] March 28th 1798
Sir
I have received your letter of the 20 Inst containing an account of sundry Militia said to be due to Michael the French Refugee in the Corps of John Bluets Engineers. Abraham & Reynolds being [undecipherable] to their [undecipherable] has been [undecipherable] with allowing the payment of money in lieu of rations [undecipherable] by a non Commissioned Officer or Private, the pay and their subsistence [undecipherable] the temporary appropriation of Congress for the [undecipherable] War, I can only say that you will be informed when and in what manner to pay from the [undecipherable] settling forth the pay due to him
I am &c
W Simmons
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John Kelly Esqr Accountants Offe
Supervr Baltimore — March
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of three hundred thirty two Dollars & ninety Cents which you will be pleased to pay to Capt Staats Morris at Fort [undecipherable] Point and take the necessary receipt holding him accountable same being for pay of himself Lieut Samuel T. Dyson & Phelps and the non Commissioned Officers & Privates of the Detachment under his command for January 1798.
I am &c Wm Simmo
Acct
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Captn Edward Miller Accountants Offe
Middletown, Connt
Sir
I received a letter from you of the 16 Instt, enclosing Pay Roll for January of yourself & Detachmt & sundry Recruiting Vouchers, the former have undergone the necessary examination and there has been ten Dollars deducted therefrom, being difference James Crawford & Isaac Cook made up as Artificers, whereas there are no men of that description to the Regiments of Infantry, this deduction leaves an amount of two hundred fifty five Dollars & sixty six [undecipherable] you will receive in the usual manner from John Chester [undecipherable] Esqr at Wethersfield on your giving him the necessary receipts holding yourself accountable for the due application of the same —
The three receipt Rolls contained in your said letter & forwarded have undergone examination and, the amount remaining with [undecipherable] to your credit being six hundred thirty one Dollars [undecipherable] Cents.
It has been found necessary in the settlement of your Recruiting account for the following rea
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Dayton that undrawn rations are not reimbursable for enlisted men.
Date
03/21/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798032121055
Page start
239
Note
Cited in Dayton to Simmons, 03/31/1798
Notable persons
Lieutenant Horatio Dayton
William Simmons
Private Michael LaFlache
Corps Artillerists and Engineers
non commissioned officer
private
congress
Notable locations
Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
certificate
account
law
payment
rations
suspended
appropriations

