Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons authorizes Habersham to make payment to Ensign McCall.
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Suit Samuel S Dyson Accountants Offi[undecipherable]
Port Tobacco May 15
Sir I received your letter of the 3 Inst[undecipherable]
Receipts for bounties paid by you which are filed with [undecipherable]
received from you subject to a future examination —
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Daniel Stevens Esqr Accountants Offi[undecipherable]
Supervisor, Charleston May 15
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 —
Same W[undecipherable]
John Habersham Esqr Accountants O[undecipherable]
Collector, Savannah May 15
Sir The Treasurer of the United St[undecipherable]
will remit you the sum of eighty Dollars which he pleas[undecipherable]
to Ensign Hugh McCalc[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]
Same
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons authorizes Habersham to make payment to Ensign McCall.
Date
05/15/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798051521655
Page start
341
Notable persons
John Habersham
William Simmons
treasurer
collector Savannah Georgia
Ensign Hugh McCall
paymaster troops in Georgia
soldiers
Notable locations
Savannah
Accountant's Office
Georgia
Notable items
bounty
receipts
compensation
credit

