Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons informs Bissell to expect payment from John Chester.
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Lieut Dan Bissell
Middletown
Sir Accountants Office
May 14, 17[undecipherable]
I duly received your letter dat[undecipherable]
7 Insts enclosing your account of pay & subsistence from [undecipherable]
to 30 April which has been examined & the amount after [undecipherable]
the sum overpaid you by Mr Craig being 16[undecipherable] dr leaving
balance of one hundred & thirty dollars & ten Cents in your [undecipherable]
has been remitted to John Chester Esqr Supervisor of Connect[undecipherable]
to whom you will give the necessary receipts —
I am &c
W[undecipherable]
Mr Paul McDermott Accountants Office
Knoxville, Tennessee May 15th 179[undecipherable]
Sir
Mr Anderson has lodged in this Of[undecipherable]
Receipts for monies paid by you to the following Officers of the [undecipherable]
Cavalry under General Morgan, to wit —
No 1. May 24th 1795 Capt John Simonson Dr Ct
2675. 26
2. do G.D. Low 2270. 35
3. do [undecipherable] C Randolph [undecipherable] 2669. 24
4. do Ditto — 611. 87 3[undecipherable]
The former payments to Captains Simonson & Low amounting [undecipherable]
thousand nine hundred fifty four dollars, &c will, as they corr[undecipherable]
with the Pay Rolls on which you received the advances from [undecipherable]
be passed to your credit & those Officers called upon to account [undecipherable]
same, by producing the receipts of the Individuals —
The latter sum (say 3281. [undecipherable] do) paid to [undecipherable]
Randolph does not correspond with the Pay Rolls on which yo[undecipherable]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Bissell to expect payment from John Chester.
Date
05/14/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798051421255
Page start
339
Notable persons
Lieutenant Daniel Bissell
William Simmons
Isaac Craig
John Chester
supervisor Wethersfield Connecticut
Notable locations
Middletown
Accountant's Office
Connecticut
Notable items
pay
subsistence
examination
overpay
balance
remit
receipts

