Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons informs Rochefontaine that his pay, subsistence, and forage settlements will be retained.
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Caleb Swan Esqr
P.M.G. Pittsburg
Accountants Office
May 25 1798
Sir
I have received your letter, dated the 13 Inst.t with information of the additional Bills drawn by you and not entered in your abstract of Receipts, & expenditures rendered at this Office of which the proper notice will be taken —
I have to request that you will furnish me Monthly with a list of the Bills you draw during that Period on account of the pay "of the Army this will be of considerable use to me in forming my Estimates as well as checking the Bills drawn —
I am &c
W Simmons
Acct.t
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Rochefontaine that his pay, subsistence, and forage settlements will be retained.
Date
05/26/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798052621655
Page start
366
Note
Cited in Simmons to Rochefontaine, 07/19/1798.
Notable persons
Stephen Rochefontaine
William Simmons
agents
Notable locations
New Burgh, New York
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
subsistence
forage
dismissal from service
expenses

