Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons provides an account balance to Mentges.
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Lieut Josephe Grumpie
Care of John Kiley Esq. Baltimore
Accountants Office
June 4th 1798
Sir
You stand charged on the Books of this Office [with] the sum of four hundred eighty eight Dollars received the 16 April 1[7--] for the pay of yourself & Detachment stationed at Whitestone Point [under] your command for February & March 1797. I have to request you [to] immediately furnish me with a receipt role of said Detachment for that Period that the amount paid by you thereon may be [undecipherable] to the credit of your account.
Wm Simm[ons]
Acct
[Marginalia, left margin: Duplicates allowed to him 9 June 98]
Francis Mentges Esqr
Accountants Office
June 2d 1798
Sir
Your account for expenditures in the [War] Department from the 24th February to the 1 May 1798, has been examined & after charging you with the sum of six hundred [undecipherable] you received on the 20 march last, you remain indebted in [the] sum of forty eight dollars & six Cents, for which you continue to be held accountable on the Books of this Office.
Saml H. Mc[undecipherable]
Ac[ct]
Lieut Philip Landais
of the Art. & Engrs Fort [Wolcottone?]
Point Sir I have received your letter of the 1st Inst. [enclosing] a Muster Role & Pay Role of Capt. Staats Morris's Company of Art[undecipherable]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons provides an account balance to Mentges.
Date
06/02/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798060221655
Page start
379
Notable persons
Francis Mentges
William Simmons
Indian Department
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
account
examine
indebted
books
expenditures

