Receipt for Captain Blackburn

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Sir, Recei^d Dept^s Office June 7. 1798 Enclosed you will receive the Rect^s of Capt. R. J. Blackburn as below. I am Sir respectfully 1 Rec^t dated June 5^th 98 for 225.17 — [signature] Dept^s Offi^ce 1 D^o D^o —— for 276. 0 — G Flemington 2 D^o D^o —— for 346.76 — L D?? 1 D^o D^o —— for 300. 0 — [strikethrough: 1] 1203.93 [cover/verso:] FREE. William Simmons Esq^r Accountant of the Department of War Philadelphia [notation:] G. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [notation:] June — 17^th D [notation:] June [undecipherable] dep 2 William 1798

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Letter, encloses three receipts of Captain R. J. Blackburn.

Date

06/07/1798

Author

Edward Carrington

Recipient

William Simmons

Sent from

Supervisor's Office, Richmond

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Letters Received by the Accountant of the War Department, Nov 24, 1794-Ded 23, 1817. (RG217)

Document number

1798060770001

Page start

Note

Cited in Simmons to Carrington, 06/14/1798.

Notable persons

William Simmons

Edward Carrington

Capt. R. J. Blackburn.

Notable locations

Philadelphia

Supervisor's Office, Richmond

Notable items

rects.