Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons authorizes Fish to make payment to Capt. Frederick Frye.
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Nicholas Fish Esqo
Supervisor N. Y. Accountants Office
May 15 179[...]
Sir
remit you the sum of Three hundreds sixty five Dollars & forty tw[...]
which you will be pleased to pay to Capt Frederick Frye and ta[...]
necessary receipts therefor; it being for pay & Subsistence of himse[...]
William Wellson[undecipherable], hay, Subsistence & forage of Surgeons Mate[...]
Osborne and pay of the noncommissioned Officers & Privates [...]
his command for February 1798 — Sam He[undecipherable]
[Duplicate
sent June 21st
1802. —]
Lieut. Archd Gray Accountants Office
Detroit, care of J. Craig, Pittsburg March 30[undecipherable] 1[...]
Sir
I received your letter of the [undecipherable] 23
enclosing the different papers therein mentioned which must be[...]
until you transmit an account of your charges against the Uni[...]
in: that part of it, that relates to Recruiting you will be particular[...]
inserting the names of each recruit the date of his enlistment, the [...]
of bounty paid each by you, it will also be necessary that you [...]
each name the company wherein he is mustered present or for[...]
you are not to charge any premium for enlisting such as have [...]
previous to their being mustered, the account must be attested b[...]
Magistrate & in that state transmitted to this Office accompanied [...]
any further vouchers that you can obtain, to support your char[...]
account is to be considered subject to a final examination at th[...]
Sam He[undecipherable]
W[undecipherable]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons authorizes Fish to make payment to Capt. Frederick Frye.
Date
05/11/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798051121555
Page start
258
Notable persons
Nicholas Fish
William Simmons
Captain Frederick Frye
supervisor New York
treasurer
surgeons mate Samuel Osborn
William Willson
officers
privates
Notable locations
New York
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
subsistence
forage
receipts
command

