Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons informs Lt. Vischer that examination of his pay rolls has been suspended.
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Lieut. John Rodgers
of the Frigate Constellation,
Baltimore Sir Accountants Offi[undecipherable]
May 2d [undecipherable]
You will receive from John K[undecipherable]
Supervisor at Baltimore the sum of three thousand two h[undecipherable]
Dollars, for which you will be pleased to give him the ne[undecipherable]
receipts, being on account of the pay of the Petty Officers, [undecipherable]
& Ordinary seamen, on boards the Frigate Constellation, w[undecipherable]
you will disburse agreeably to instructions from the Secr[undecipherable]
of War & is to be accounted for at this Office—
Sam [undecipherable]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Lt. Vischer that examination of his pay rolls has been suspended.
Date
04/26/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798042621155
Page start
318
Note
Cited in Simmons to Vischer, 05/31/1798.
Notable persons
Lieutenant Nanning J Vischer
William Simmons
John Meyer
detachment Oswego
Sergeant Tiffarny
John Luckett
troops at Oswego
military establishment
civilians
Notable locations
Fort Oswego
Accountant's Office
Rotterdam New York
Notable items
articles of war
soldier's clothing
money
books
receipt rolls
exonerate
recruiting service
remittance
back pay
suspension
appropriating

