Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons informs Shoemaker to expect payment from John Kilty.
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taking their respective receipts holding them accounta[ble for]
the due application of the same —
Sam 8o W[undecipherable]
Lieut Peter Shoemaker
Fredericktown Md.
Accountants O[undecipherable]
Apri[undecipherable]
Sir
You will receive from John [undecipherable]
Esqr supervisor Baltimore the sum of two hundred D[undecipherable]
which you will be pleased to give him the necessary recei[undecipherable]
yourself accountable, being for the use of the Recruiting [undecipherable]
Sam 8o W[undecipherable]
Lieut Samuel L Dyson
Port Tobacco, Md
Accountants O[undecipherable]
Apri[undecipherable]
Sir
You will receive from John [undecipherable]
supervisor Baltimore, the sum of two hundred dollars [undecipherable]
you will be pleased to give him the necessary receipts hold[undecipherable]
yourself accountable, being for the use of the Recruiting [undecipherable]
Sam 8o W[undecipherable]
Lieut Thomas Underwood
Richmond Va
Accountants Offic[undecipherable]
April 1[undecipherable]
Sir. Received your letter of the 27 Inst encl[undecipherable]
your account for pay & subsistence from 1 January to 31 March [undecipherable]
before it can be acted on it will be necessary that you forward to this [undecipherable]
certificate of the contractor or supervisor of the contract prices of rati[undecipherable]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Shoemaker to expect payment from John Kilty.
Date
04/17/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798041722055
Page start
290
Notable persons
Lieutenant Peter Shoemaker
William Simmons
John Kilty
supervisor Baltimore Maryland
recruiting service
Notable locations
Frederickstown, Maryland
Accountant's Office
Frederick
Notable items
receipts

