Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons informs Saunders that his pay and muster rolls arrived but payment will be delayed until appropriations are passed by Congress.
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Mr Samuel Vincent
Baltimore
Accountants Off
April 12 [year illegible]
Sir
I received your letter of the [undecipherable] Inst. enclosing Dr 25.75. together with sundry vouchers —
I have now to request that you will be pleased to transmit to this Office the account of receipt of Major Valentine Brothers (as mentioned in your letter) and all the information you are possessed of relative to his services; when this is obtained the amount resulting from the vouchers &c (provided they are legal) will be passed to your credit and you informed thereof —
I am &c W [undecipherable]
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Lieut John Saunders
Fort Norfolk
Accountants Off
April 12
Sir I received your letter of the [undecipherable] enclosing Muster & Pay Rolls for March of the Detachment under the command of Richard J Blackburn which will undergo examination and the amount found due on the latter will be transmitted in the usual manner; so soon as Congress shall pass the necessary law appropriating for the present Year —
I am &c W [undecipherable]
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Lieut Nehemiah Freeman
West Point
Accountants Off[ice]
April 13 [year illegible]
Sir I received your letter of the [undecipherable] enclosing Muster & Pay rolls of the Detachment at West Point for March and the subsistence accounts of the Officers, these will undergo the necessary examination and the amount fou[nd]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Saunders that his pay and muster rolls arrived but payment will be delayed until appropriations are passed by Congress.
Date
04/12/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798041221355
Page start
284
Notable persons
Lieutenant John Saunders
William Simmons
congress
detachment
Lieutenant Richard Blackburn
Notable locations
Fort Norfolk
Accountant's Office
Virginia
Notable items
appropriations
muster roll
pay roll

