Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons confirms that the receipt of Augustus DeGrasse is in hand.
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Suit. Samuel S Dyson Accountants' Offi[ce]
Port Tobacco May 15
Sir I received your letter of the 3 Inst[ant] with
Receipts for bounties paid by you which are filed with th[e papers]
received from you subject to a future examination —
Saml du[er]
W[...]
Daniel Stevens Esq. Accountants' Offi[ce]
Supervisor, Charleston May 15
Sir I received your letter of the 31 M[...]
enclosing the receipt of Augustus De Graffe for two hund[red]
& thirty dollars, for his compensation from 1 October to 31 [D...]
1797 which sum will be entered to your credit on the Bo[oks of]
this Office —
Saml as W Jem[...]
[undecipherable]
John Habersham Esq. Accountants' O[ffice]
Collector, Savannah May 15
Sir The Treasurer of the United St[ates]
will remit you the sum of eighty Dollars which he please[d]
to Ensign Hugh McCalc Paymaster to the Troops in [...]
being for balance of bounty due sundry Soldiers in [...]
for which you will obtain his receipts holding him acc[ountable]
Saml as
W Simm[...]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons confirms that the receipt of Augustus DeGrasse is in hand.
Date
05/15/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798051521555
Page start
341
Notable persons
Daniel Stevens
William Simmons
Augustus DeGrasse
supervisor Charleston South Carolina
engineer
Notable locations
Charleston
Accountant's Office
Notable items
credit
receipt
books

