Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons notifies Boote that his receipts have arrived and that payments will be delayed until appropriations are passed by Congress.
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Lieut. Horatio Dayton Accountants Office
Elizabeth Town N. J. March 27
Sir
I received your letter of the 22d
enclosing Receipts for Bounties paid by you which will remain in
the usual way subject to a future examination & Settlement
As respects the claim of Allick
for Pay & subsistence I beg reference to my letter to you in that
of the 21 Inst.t which accompanies this
I am &c
McR
Ensign William B. Boot Accountants Office
New Brunswick N.J. March
Sir
I received your letter of the 24 Inst
three Receipts for Bounties paid by you which will be filed with
heretofore transmitted subject to a future examination & Settlement —
Whenever Congress shall pass the
appropriations for the current Year (which I have reason to believe will
be in the course of two or three Days) the amount found due on
the different Pay Rolls transmitted by you will be remitted with the
smallest delay on my part.
I am &c McR
James Read Esqr Accountants Office
Collector of the Customs, Wilmington 1st
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States
remits you the Sum of Two hundred & fifty Dollars and seventy [undecipherable]
which you will be pleased to pay to Captn Griffith J. McRee
taking the necessary receipts holding him accountable being for pay
of the Detachment under his command from the time they
paid to, to 25 February last inclusive —
I am &c &c
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons notifies Boote that his receipts have arrived and that payments will be delayed until appropriations are passed by Congress.
Date
03/27/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798032721055
Page start
252
Notable persons
Ensign William R Boote
William Simmons
congress
Notable locations
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Accountant's Office
Notable items
bounties
receipts
examination
settlement
claim
pay
subsistence
pay
pay rolls

