Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons forwards to the Secretary at War a statement of expenditures by his office for the Quartermaster's Department from 1791 to 1797.
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[Lieutt Peter McDeaney
West Point, N.Y.]
Accountants Office
April 25, 1798.
Sir
I received your letter of the 1st Instt enclosing your Recruiting account & vouchers which have undergone examination & found free of error, you will accordingly receive the amount from Nicholas Fish Esqr supervisor New York on giving him the necessary receipts for the same being thirty four Dollars —
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Acct.t
Nicholas Fish Esqr
Supervisor New York
Accountants Office
April 25 1798.
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Thirty four Dollars which you will be pleased to pay to Lieutt Peter McDeaney at West Point on his giving you the necessary receipts being for amount of his account for Recruiting for the service of the United States —
I am, &c
Wm Simmons
Acctt
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
April 11, 1798.
Sir
In conformity with your letter of this day I herewith enclose you a statement of the Expenditures in this Office for the Quarter Masters Department from the 1 January 1791 to the 1 January 1797, taken from the abstract furnished to Congress averaging the expenditures annually during that period, — for those at the Treasury Department I conceive it would be more proper to make the application there —
I am &c
Wm Simmons
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons forwards to the Secretary at War a statement of expenditures by his office for the Quartermaster's Department from 1791 to 1797.
Date
04/11/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798041121255
Page start
281
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Secretary of War
congress
treasury
quartermaster department
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
statement
expenditures
abstract
expenditures

