Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons informs Frye to expect payment from Nicholas Fish.
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[Captn Frederick Frye
Governors Islands near N.Y.]
Accountants Office
May 1st 1798
Sir,
The muster & Pay rolls and the Subsistence Accounts for March 1798, have been examined and found free from error, you will accordingly receive the amount of both, being Three hundred and fifty seven Dollars and one Cent from Nicholas Fish Esquire Supervisor at New York on your giving him the necessary receipts, holding yourself accountable for the due application of the same.
James Wm Simmons
Acctt
Mr Joseph C Bannon
Fauquier Court house, Virginia
Accountants Office
April 4 1798.
Sir,
I received on the 7 February last a list of payments made by you to your company, (Col. Lanes Regiment) for their services on the Western expedition in the Year 1794, certified by Joham C Bannon & Elias C Bannon. — This cannot be considered a sufficient voucher to exonerate you from the advance you received from Mr Wham Nicholson D. Deputy Paymaster General to the militia army for the pay of said company —
The original receipts of the Individuals are the only documents that will entitle you to a credit — You will therefore be pleased without delay, to transmit them to this Office when an Examination will take place and the result communicated to you —
I am &c
W Simmons
Acatt.
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Frye to expect payment from Nicholas Fish.
Date
05/11/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798051121655
Page start
265
Notable persons
Captain Frederick Frye
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
Notable locations
Governors Island, near New York
Accountant's Office
Notable items
muster rolls
pay rolls
free of error
receipts
subsistence accounts

