Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

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Brig^r Gen^l Ja^s. Wilkinson Pittsburg Accountants Office May 25.^th 1[7—] Sir Permit me to request you will fo[rward] the enclosed letter to Cap^t Thomas Lewis — It relates to his [—] accounts & the monies standing to his debit on the Books of this [—]. It will be of importance that the letter should meet him b[efore] he leaves the Western Country. I am Sir M Simm[s] [undecipherable] --- Cap^t Thomas Lewis of the 3^d U S Reg^t Accountants Office May 25.^th 17[—] Sir I have repeatedly in my communications [to] you mentioned the state of your account on the Books of this O[ffice] & you have in answer informed that the most part of your vo[uchers] were in the Western Country, I therefore take this opportu[nity] of again reminding you thereof, that you may not lose the [op]portunity of procuring those vouchers & come forward prepared to vo[ucher] for all monies standing to your debit on the Books of this [Office] — your attention is particularly requested to this object — I am [y]o[u]r [undecipherable] [Duplicate sent home 29 June 1796]

Type

Letterbook

Description

Simmons requests that Wilkinson present Capt. Thomas Lewis with the enclosed accounts of monies standing to his debt.

Date

05/25/1798

Author

William Simmons

Recipient

James Wilkinson

Sent from

Accountant's Office

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)

Document number

1798052521055

Page start

365

Note

Cited in Wilkinson to Simmons, 06/01/1798.

Notable persons

Brigadier General James Wilkinson

William Simmons

Captain Thomas Lewis

Notable locations

Pittsburg

Accountant's Office

western country

Notable items

accounts

monies

debit

books