Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Hagner discusses the account of Capt. Preston with David Henley.
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[501]
Capt Francis H Huger Accountants Office
of the 2 Bg to Art Charleston — August 8th 1798.
Sir
You are hereby directed to receive from Daniel
Stevens Esqr Supervisor of the Revenue at Charleston, the sum of
two hundreds Dollars on account of the Recruiting service for which
sum you will grant the necessary receipts —
Sam Yo
Peter Hagner
P. Cks
Jonr Jackson Esqr Accountants Office
Boston August 10th 1798.
Sir I have to acknowledge the receipt of your
letter dated 4 Inst. & inclosing the receipt of Geo W Duncan Lieut [undecipherable]
of Artillery for two hundred Dollars on account of the Recruiting service
which sum shall be entered to your Credit on the Books of this Office
Sam Yo
Peter Hagner
P. Cks
David Henley Esqr Accountants Office
AW[undecipherable] Knoxville — August 10th 1798.
Sir In the absence of Mr Simmons I have to
acknowledge the receipts of your letter dated 25 Ulto and its accompani-
ments —
I enclose you a statement of Capt Prestons Account as it stands
on the Books of this Office — there is an unsettled account on [undecipherable]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Hagner discusses the account of Capt. Preston with David Henley.
Date
08/10/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798081015155
Page start
501
Notable persons
David Henley
Peter Hagner
agent war department
Captain Preston
William Simmons
principal clerk
accountant
Indian Department
officers
Notable locations
Knoxville
Accountant's Office
Tennessee
Notable items
statement
account
books
unsettled account
file
vouchers
public accounts
abstract of services

