Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons provides Lt. Shoemaker with his account balance.
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Lieut Peter Shoemaker Accountants Off[ice]
Fredericktown April [undecipherable]
Sir
I received your letter of the [undecipherable]
agreeably to your request have caused a statement of your acc[ount]
to be made a copy of which you have herein inclosed, and in [it]
is a balance due the United States of Four hundred and [undecipherable]
Dollars and ninety one Cents chiefly arising from your not ha[ving]
transmitted the Receipt Rolls for pay of yourself and Detach[ment]
to 1st August last which I request you to do as soon as possi[ble]
your account may be credited for the amount on the Books of thi[s office]
In the aforementioned statem[ent you]
well observe that your Recruiting account is embraced, and that y[ou are]
credited with the full amount of bounty charged by you in it, as [also]
the premium for inlisting Mr Melean & Matthews, the reason [for]
making the deductions for eight Dollars are sufficiently expla[ined in the]
account Current — Sam Ds° W [undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
Mr Amos Smith Accountants Off[ice]
Trenton N J April 3d [undecipherable]
Sir
I received your letter of the 24 Feb[ruary]
enclosing your affidavit, taken the fore Joseph Beavers, decla[ring]
you have disbursed the whole of the monies you received for [the pay of]
your Company, to the Individuals composing the same; which [were]
filed with the Pay role conformably to my letter of the 7th [undecipherable]
1797— Sam Ds°
W [undecipherable]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons provides Lt. Shoemaker with his account balance.
Date
04/03/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798040321255
Page start
262
Notable persons
Lieutenant Peter Shoemaker
William Simmons
detachment
McMelan
Matthews
Notable locations
Fredericktown
Accountant's Office
Maryland
Notable items
statement
account
receipt rolls
pay
books
recruiting account
credit
bounty
deduction

