Request on Behalf of Gassaway
Document 1798Sprigg requests information about the accounts of the late Lt. Gassaway, on behalf of a relative of the deceased.
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[Address: William Simmons Esq.
Accountant
War Department]
[Docket: Letter of [undecipherable] Riggs Jun. 29 May 1790 [undecipherable] Gassaway]
Reps Chamber 29 may 1790.
Sir
At the Request of a near Relation of the late William Pett Gassaway (Lieut in the Legion I believe,) I have to request the favor of Information from you as to the State of his Accounts & whether complete Returns are made by the proper Officers to enable you to state his Account in full.
I am Sir yr Obt
Riggs Jun.
[flourish]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Sprigg requests information about the accounts of the late Lt. Gassaway, on behalf of a relative of the deceased.
Date
05/29/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Reps. Chamber
Document number
1798052970101
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Simmons
Richard Sprigg Jr.
R Sprigg
Lieutenant William Pitt Gassaway
a near relation
Notable locations
Reps. Chamber
War Department
Notable items
request
information
state of his accounts
complete returns