Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons directs Habersham to make payment to Ensign McCall. Simmons also asks Habersham to explain irregularities in his accounting.
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John Habershams Eqr
Savannah Georgia
Accountants Office
June 21st 1793
Sir
You will receive from the Treasurer of United States the sum of three thousand seven hundred Dollars, being the amount of an Estimate received from Ensn McCale for the pay of the Regular Troops in Georgia under the command of Col. Henry Gaither for March & April 93. This sum you will accordingly apply for the purposes mentioned — and on paying the amount to Mr McCale you will take the necessary receipts to be forwarded to this Office.
I have recd your letter dated 26 Ulto with two bundles of bundles of Muster Pay & Receipt rolls and Statements accompanying them. Since which I have received a letter from Mr McCale requesting the Muster Rolls to be returned to him which it appears you have forwarded through mistake for the Pay rolls — This will accordingly be done — I find on comparing the Receipt rolls with your rect to Mr McCale that a number have been neglected to be forwarded — Mr McCale mentions this circumstance & promises to forward them by the next Post.
There are among the pay rolls forwarded the following not embraced in your memorandum of payments accompanying the papers —
Ensign Allinsons detachment for Nov & Dec 96 . . . . . . 320.
Do . . . . partly for Nov 96 to February 97 . . 455
Do . . . . March & April. . . . . 373
1156
Ensn Thompsons for November & Decemr . . 225.
January & February . . . . . . 225.
March & April . . . . 228. 678
[Duplicate sent done 11 July 1793]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons directs Habersham to make payment to Ensign McCall. Simmons also asks Habersham to explain irregularities in his accounting.
Date
06/21/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798062121055
Page start
404
Note
Cited in Habersham to Simmons, 07/17/1798; Cited in Simmons to Habersham to Simmons, 07/10/1798.
Notable persons
John Habersham
William Simmons
Ensign McCall
treasurer
regular troops in Georgia
colonel Henry Gaither
Ensign Allinson
detachment
Ensign Thompson
Notable locations
Savannah, Georgia
Accountant's Office
Notable items
estimate
pay
receipts
bundles
muster roll
pay roll
receipt roll
statements
memorandum of payments
papers
examination

