Estimate of expenses from Thomas Holt
Document 1798Estimate of expenses at New London Virginia from Thomas Holt for $150 to be paid to Samuel Hodgdon.
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William Simmons Esquire
Accountant for the departt of War
Philadelphia
[3822]
New London August 16.th 1798
Sir
I have herewith transmitted to you my Estimate to the 31st of July 1798 for one Hundred and Fifty dollars 75 Cents which please pay to Samuel Hodgdon Esquire.
I am very Respectfully
Yr Obedient Servant
[undecipherable: probable reading Tho. Holts]
William Simmons esq:
[Docket on back of enclosure:]
Estimate of expen=
ditures at New
London to 31. July 1798
dollars 150. 75
[undecipherable]
[2772]
Estimate of expenditures on Account of the United States At New London [undecipherable] from the 1st of April to the 31st of July 1798.
To James Callaway For Rent of sundry Houses to hold Artillery Stores at 29 dolls. 16 2/3 Cents p Month . . . 116.66 2/3
" Anthony Evans " Rent of a full set of Blacksmiths Tools for the use of the Armoury late at this place from the 1st of March 1796 to the 31st of March 1797 not brought forward on any former estimate . . . 16 ..
" Joseph Slaughter " 15 1/2 days work employed in March and April last in assisting to [undecipherable: probable reading "pack"] the Arms in Chests at 1 dollar 16 2/3 Cents p Day . . . 18. 8 1/3
dollars 150. 75.
144. 16
294. 91
[undecipherable: probable reading Tho. Holts]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Estimate of expenses at New London Virginia from Thomas Holt for $150 to be paid to Samuel Hodgdon.
Date
08/16/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
New London
Document number
1798081670201
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Simmons
Thomas Holt
Samuel Hodgdon
accountant
Notable locations
Virginia
Philadelphia
New London
Notable items
estimate
pay


