Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons informs Lt. Hale that his pay and muster rolls have arrived and that payment will be delayed until appropriations are passed by Congress.
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Captt Fredk Frye
Governor's Island. N31
Accountants Office
April 4th 1798.
Sir
I received your letter of the 2nd Instt enclosing Muster & Pay rolls of the Detachment under your command for March 98 and the subsisteral accounts of yourself and Officers for the same period both of which will undergo the necessary examination and the amount found due will be remitted thro' the usual channels so soon as Congress will pass a law appropriating for the present year which has yet is not the case
It has been ascertained that the claim of
Ino Halls for four Dollars for balance of bounty is a just one, you will be pleased accordingly to make him up for that sum on your next Pay roll and the same will be admitted —
Agreeably to your request you will receive herewith some blank Muster & Pay rolls —
Saml so W Simmons
Accto
Lieutt Davids Hale
Ellis Island N31
Accountants Offices
April 2nd 1798.
Sir
I received your letter of the 2nd Instant enclosing Muster & Pay rolls for March 98 of yourself & recruits and some Receipts for bounties paid by you, the former will go under the necessary examination and the amount found due thereon will be remitted thro' the usual channels so soon as Congress will pass the necessary law appropriating for the present year, the latter will be filed in the usual way subject to a future examination & settlement —
Saml so
W Simmons
Acstt
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Lt. Hale that his pay and muster rolls have arrived and that payment will be delayed until appropriations are passed by Congress.
Date
04/04/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798040421555
Page start
263
Note
Cited in Simmons to Hale, 05/21/1798.
Notable persons
Lieutenant David Hale
William Simmons
congress
recruits
Notable locations
Ellis's Island
Accountant's Office
Ellis Island
New York
Notable items
muster roll
pay roll
receipts
bounties
law
appropriations
file
examination
settlement

