Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons provides Claiborne a balance of his account. Simmons also informs Claiborne to expect payment from Edward Carrington.
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being for pay of the Garrison at the said place up to 1798 inclusive, and subsistence of Captn William Litt[...]
31 March 98 —
I am &c W.Sim[...]
A[...]
Edward Carrington Esqr Accountants Office
Richmond, Va May 19 [...]
The Treasurer of the United St[ates]
will remit you the sum of five hundred & fifteen dollars & [...]
you will be pleased to pay to Lieut Ferdinand L Claiborne
Richmond Barracks, taking the necessary receipts h[o]lding [him]
accountable being for pay of himself and the detachment un[der]
his command for February & March 1798.
I am &c W.Sim[...]
A[...]
Lieut. Fordt J. Claiborne Accountants Office
Richmond, Va May 19 [...]
Sir
I received your two letters of the 2 & 4 [...]
the 1st enclosing the receipts therein mentioned — the latter a[...]
a muster & pay roll of the Recruits under your command for [...]
[&] March 1798. amounting agreeably to your calculations to [...]
to which [h]as been added — short calculated on the pay of
George Breckles, Wm Cochran James Murphy & James They[...] or
each at 12 Cents is s. 48
Asa Southgate &c — — — — — — — — — s. 11
D[...]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons provides Claiborne a balance of his account. Simmons also informs Claiborne to expect payment from Edward Carrington.
Date
05/19/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798051921255
Page start
351
Notable persons
Lieutenant Ferdinand L Claiborne
William Simmons
Edward Carrington
supervisor Richmond Virginia
recruits
Ensign Crutchfield
Private Thomas Maddison
Peter Perry
William Vance
Benjamin Collier
John Hynson
commanding officer
Notable locations
Richmond, Virginia
Accountant's Office
Notable items
receipts
certificate
muster roll
pay roll
short calculated
command

