Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons informs Lt. Freeman that his muster and pay rolls arrived but payment will be delayed until appropriations are passed by Congress.
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M' Samuel Vincent Accountants Off[ice]
Baltimore — April 12 [undecipherable]
Sir
I received your letter of the [undecipherable] Inst. en[closing]
D' 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 men[tioned in]
your letter) and all the information you are posessed of relati[ng to his]
services; when this is obtained the amount resulting from th[ese]
vouchers &c (provided they are legal) will be passed to your [credit and]
you informed thereof —
I am &c W[undecipherable]
Lieut John Saunders Accountants Of[fice]
Fort Norfolk — April 12
Sir I received your letter of the [undecipherable]
enclosing Muster & Pay Rolls for March of the Detachment under [the]
command of [undecipherable] Richards & Blackburn which will undergo exam[ination]
and the amount found due on the latter will be transmitted [in the]
usual manner, so soon as Congress shall pay the necessary [undecipherable]
appropriating, for the present Year —
I am &c W[undecipherable]
Lieut Nehemiah Freeman Accountants Of[fice]
West Point — April 13 [undecipherable]
Sir I received your letter of the [undecipherable]
enclosing Muster & Pay rolls of the Detachment at West Poin[t] for
March and the subsistence accounts of the Officers, these for[ms]
undergo the necessary examination and the amount fo[und
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Lt. Freeman that his muster and pay rolls arrived but payment will be delayed until appropriations are passed by Congress.
Date
04/13/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798041321355
Page start
284
Notable persons
Lieutenant Nehemiah Freeman
William Simmons
congress
officers
detachment
military establishment
Notable locations
West Point
Accountant's Office
New York
Notable items
muster roll
pay roll
subsistence account
examination
appropriations
receipts
payments
remit
law

