Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons discusses errors in the pay rolls of Capt. Frye.
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from which there has been deducted 2 Cents per ration for January & March is 62 days 124 rations,
leaving an amount of One hundred & eighteen dollars Drs 11
& twelve cents. which sum you will receive from Edward [undecipherable]
Supervisor at Richmond on giving him your duplicate rec[eipt]
for the same —
Same &c W. [undecipherable]
Captn Fredk Fryes
Governor's Island.
Accountant's Office
May 4. 179[undecipherable]
Sir
I received your letter of the 2d [undecipherable]
enclosing the Muster & Pay rolls for April of your Company
the recruits inlisted by Lieutt Kale the latter including [undecipherable]
March which has been deducted, the same amounting to [undecipherable]
hundred & twenty, five dollars and nine cents, including [undecipherable]
of himself Joseph Cross & Henry Welson] for the said per[sons having]
been some time since acted on, and now awaiting the pas[sage of]
the appropriation act, for the present Year, the report ho[lding him]
accountable for the application of the amount the pay r[oll]
having been transmitted by him. the pay rolle of your [own Com]pany
was overadded four dollars, which are deducted as well as the [four]
Dollars claimed by Asa Kale for arrears of bounty; the sam[e not]
being returned on the Bounty Book of this Office, these di[fferences]
leave an amount of four hundred & thirty, two Dollars [and]
two Cents, still differing from your statement twenty m[ore —]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons discusses errors in the pay rolls of Capt. Frye.
Date
05/04/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798050422055
Page start
322
Notable persons
Captain Frederick Frye
William Simmons
company
recruits
Lieutenant Hale
Joseph Cross
Henry Welton
congress
Matthew Richardson
Caleb Swan
Notable locations
Governor's Island
Accountant's Office
New York
Pittsburg
Notable items
muster roll
pay roll
appropriations
overadded
arrears of bounty

