Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Simmons forwards to Steele the pay and muster records of the troops involved in the Whiskey Rebellion.
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which sum you will also be held accountable, making the su now standing to your debit, one hundred seventy; two Dollars ½ your pay &forage will accordingly be stopped on the Rolls until this amount is accounted for by a separate settlement at this Office — Inclo for your government a copy of the account current as entered on the Books of this Office —
As soon as the Secretary of War determines to whom the money is to be sent for the pay of the Troops at Niagara the amount will be forwarded —
I am &c
W. Simmons
Acct t
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John Slote Eq.re Accountants' Office
Comptroller of the Treasury Dep.t August 2d 1798
Sir
Pursuant to a letter from the Secretary of the 1.st Inst.t you will receive herewith the pay &muster Rolls deposited in this Office relative to the expedition to the Westward against the Insurgents in 1794 — to wit —
Abstracts, marked from A to Z inc. N.o 1 Pay rolls of new Jersey maryland &Vo
ditto . . . . . . . A to R . militia including those employed in the
ditto . . . . . . Q . . . . . months service under General Morgan
by Colt Meute —
ditto marked A to Z inclusive N.o 2. Pay &muster rolls of the Pennsylvania
Do . . . A . P . . J . . Militia deposited by A. J. Dallas Esq.r
Do . . A . . . . N.o 3. Pay &receipt rolls of the Virg.a Militia
being for their additional pay depos
by Col. Heath —
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons forwards to Steele the pay and muster records of the troops involved in the Whiskey Rebellion.
Date
08/02/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798080221355
Page start
484
Notable persons
John Steele
William Simmons
insurgents
secretary of war
militia
General Morgan
Colonel Nevill
paymaster
A.J. Dallas
Colonel Heath
Maryland militia
George Gale
comptroller treasury department
Pennsylvania militia
Virginia Militia
Notable locations
Western Pennsylvania
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay rolls
muster rolls
expedition
receipt rolls
pay
books

