Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons authorizes Fish to make payment to George Fleming.
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Nicholas Fish Esqr Accountants Office
Supervisor New York . June 21st 1798.
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit
you the sum of Three Hundred & fourteen dollars & thirty eight cents
which you will be pleased to pay to George Fleming Military Storekeeper
at West Point, taking the necessary receipts for the same, being for the
following purposes, viz: — One hundred sixty two Dollars & [undecipherable] for his
Salary from 1 January to 31 May 98 inclusive & one hundred & fifty
One dollars & [undecipherable], for pay of the detachment in the service of the Ordnance
Department from 1 February to 30 April 98 inclusive, holding him
accountable for the latter sum —
Saml du W. Simmons
Acctt
John S Dexter Esqr Accountants Office
Supervisor Providence June 21st 1798.
Sir
I received your letter of the 16 Inst. covering
the receipt of Capt Joseph Elliott for seven hundred twenty eight Dollars
& [undecipherable] which will be entered to the credit of your account on the Books of this
Office —
Saml du W. Simmons
Acctt
Aaron Dunham Esqr Accountants Office
Supervisor Trenton June 21st 1798.
Sir I rec'd your letter of the 20 Inst. enclosing the receipt
of John McCollum for six dollars, paid him for riding express to mrs [undecipherable]
at Elizabethtown with a sum of money on account of her husband Capt [undecipherable]
which I now return you as the same cannot be admitted till you shew by
which authority the charge was incurred —
Saml du W [undecipherable]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons authorizes Fish to make payment to George Fleming.
Date
06/21/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798062121755
Page start
403
Notable persons
Nicholas Fish
William Simmons
supervisor New York
treasurer
George Fleming
military storekeeper West Point
ordnance department
detachment
Notable locations
West Point
New York
Accountant's Office
Notable items
remit
pay
receipts
salary
service

