Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Hagner informs Freeman that his claims will be settled when he visits the Accountant's Office.
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George Fleming Esqr
West Point, New York Accountants Office
August 7th [1798?]
Sir I have received a muster & pay role of the Ordnance Department at West Point for the month of July 98, Frederick Sprig's letter of the 4th Inst which have undergone examination & the amount being sixty eight Dollars 5 [undecipherable] you will receive as usual from Nicholas Fish Esqr Supervisor New York on you hims your duplicate receipts holding yourself accountable for the due application of the same —
I am Yr J. Hagner
[undecipherable]
Nicholas Fish Esqr Accountants Office
New York August 7 [1798?]
Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of sixty eight Dollars & [undecipherable] to be paid to George Fleming Ordnance & Military Store keeper at West Point being for the pay of the Detachment in the service of the Ordnance Department for July 98 for which sum you will as usual take the necessary [undecipherable]
I am &c J. Hagner
[undecipherable]
Major Constant Freeman Accountants Office
Savannah, Georgia August 7th 179[undecipherable]
Sir In the absence of Mr Simmons who h[undecipherable] to the upper part of the State of New York, I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter with its accompaniments — Have previously [undecipherable]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Hagner informs Freeman that his claims will be settled when he visits the Accountant's Office.
Date
08/07/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798080722355
Page start
494
Notable persons
William Simmons
Major Constant Freeman
Peter Hagner
principal clerk
secretary of war
Captain Fauche
Randolph
agent
Notable locations
upper part of New York
Savannah, Georgia
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay rolls
muster rolls
Randolph's rolls
payments
absence

