Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons informs McRee to expect payment from James Read.
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Nathaniel Rogers Esqr
Supervisor Portsmouth N.H. Accountants Office
April 15. 179[undecipherable]
Sir
The Treasurer of the United Sta[undecipherable] remit you the sum of forty one Dollars & ninety nine Cents, whi[undecipherable] will be pleased to pay to Joshua Wentworth late supervisor of [undecipherable] Hampshire, taking the necessary receipts, being the amount of [undecipherable] account of Commissions for receiving & paying monies from the [undecipherable] of War, between the 15 January 1796 & the 15 January 17[undecipherable]
Sam PS [undecipherable]
Joshua Wentworths Esq.
Portsmouth N.H. Accountants Offi[undecipherable]
April 11[undecipherable]
Sir
You will receive from Nuth[undecipherable] Rogers Esq: Supervisor Portsmouth, the sum of forty one Dolla[undecipherable] nine Cents being the amount of your account of commissions for re[undecipherable] and paying monies from the Department of War between the 15 [undecipherable] January, 1796 and the 15 January, 1798. for which you will be[undecipherable] to give your receipts —
Sam PS W.Limmo[undecipherable]
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Capt. Griffith J. McKee[undecipherable]
Wilmington N[undecipherable] Accountants Offi[undecipherable]
April 11[undecipherable]
Sir
You will receive from James Ra[undecipherable] Collector, Wilmington N[undecipherable] the sum of ten Dollars & twenty six [undecipherable] you will please to give him the necessary receipts holding yourself [undecipherable] being for pay of Charles Smith late a private in [undecipherable] Company of Arts & Eng[undecipherable] from 1 September to 17th November 1797 th[undecipherable] he was discharged —
Sam PS [undecipherable]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs McRee to expect payment from James Read.
Date
04/11/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798041121555
Page start
282
Notable persons
Captain Griffith J. McRee
William Simmons
McRee
James Read
collector Wilmington North Carolina
Private Charles Smith
Captain Michael Kalteisen
company Artillerists and Engineers
Notable locations
Wilmington, North Carolina
Accountant's Office
Notable items
receipts
pay
discharge

