Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons informs Boote that his receipts for bounties paid has come to hand.
100%
⇣No human transcription currently available for this document.
This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (a mix of sonnet and opus models). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.
Joseph Millers
Salem Massachusetts
Accountants Office
April 25 1798
Sir
I have received your letter of the 23 Inst
on the subject of your account for mounting cannon at Salem
which has been examined and a balance found due the United
States of one hundreds & fifty six Dollars & [undecipherable], differing from
your statement fifteen cents, arising from an overcalculation
in your commissions — This balance you are hereby requested
to refund to Jonathan Jackson Esqr Supervisor Boston, who
will grant you the necessary receipts, one of which you will
forwards to this Office for your exhonoration —
Same &c W Simmons
Acctt
Ensign William H Boothe
New Brunswick, N.J.
Accountants Office
May 1st 1798
Sir
I received your letter of the 28 Ulto enclosing
sundry receipts for bounties paid by you, which are filed with those
before received subject to undergo a future examination —
Same &c W Simmons
Acctt
Lieut Horatio R Dayton
Elizabethtown N.S.
Accountants Office
May 1 1798.
Sir
I received your letter of the 28 Ulto enclosing
one receipt for Bounty [paid?] by you last week, which will be filed
with those before received to await an examination hereafter —
Same &c W Simmons
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Boote that his receipts for bounties paid has come to hand.
Date
05/01/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798050121255
Page start
313
Notable persons
Ensign William R Boote
William Simmons
Notable locations
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Accountant's Office
Notable items
receipt
file
examination
bounties

