Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons informs Dyson that his receipts for bounties paid are received.
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Suit Samuel J Dyson Accountants Offi[undecipherable]
Port Tobacco May 1[undecipherable]
Sir I received your letter of the 8 Inst[undecipherable]
Receipts for bounties paid by you which are filed with th[undecipherable]
received from you subject to a future examination
Sam d[undecipherable]
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Daniel Stevens Esqr Accountants Offi[undecipherable]
Supervisor. Charleston May 1[undecipherable]
Sir
I received your letter of the 31 M[undecipherable]
enclosing the receipt of Augustus De Grasse for two hund[undecipherable]
& thirty dollars, for his compensation from 1 October to 31 [undecipherable]
1797 which sum will be entered to your credit on the Boo[undecipherable]
this Office
Sam a[undecipherable]
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John Habersham Esqr Accountants O[undecipherable]
Collector. Savannah May 1[undecipherable]
Sir The Treasurer of the United St[undecipherable]
will remit you the sum of eighty Dollars which he please[undecipherable]
to Ensign Hugh McCal[undecipherable] Paymaster to the Troops in [undecipherable]
being for balance of bounty due sundry soldiers in [undecipherable]
for which you will obtain his receipts holding him acc[undecipherable]
Sam a[undecipherable]
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Dyson that his receipts for bounties paid are received.
Date
05/15/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798051521455
Page start
341
Notable persons
Lieutenant Samuel L. Dyson
William Simmons
Notable locations
Port Tobacco
Accountant's Office
Maryland
Notable items
bounties
receipts
file
examination

