Pay of the crew of Constellation
Document 1798Cover for a receipt of Lieut. James Triplett for money paid him on account of the pay of the seamen of the frigate U.S.S. Constellation
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[Administrative docketing notation, top right]:
From
Collector, [undecipherable] Alexandria
Recd 25 June 1798
[undecipherable] day
[Address panel]:
Collector's Office Alexandria
20 June [undecipherable]
William Simmons Esquire [undecipherable] Mar[?]
Accountant [undecipherable]
Philadelphia
Alexandria June 20th 1798
Sir
Enclosed is a receipt from Lieut James [undecipherable: probable reading Triplett] for the $700 requested to be paid him on Acco of Pay &c of the Seamen for the Constellation Frigate by letter to me from the Secretary of State I am Sir
Your [Most Obedt Servant?]
[signature]
for [undecipherable] of [undecipherable]
William Simmons Esq.r
Accountant Dept. War.
Philadelphia
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Cover for a receipt of Lieut. James Triplett for money paid him on account of the pay of the seamen of the frigate U.S.S. Constellation
Date
06/20/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Alexandria
Document number
1798062070001
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Simmons
John Fitzgerald
Secretary of State
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Alexandria