Letter from the Accountant's Office
Document 1798Letter from the Accountant's Office to Ensign Boote; mentions Nicholas Fish, Supervisor of New York.
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Department of War
Accountants Office
December 4th 1793
No
Sir
I have received your Letter of the 3d Inst. enclosing Muster & Pay Roll, pay account & Receipts for the month of November 1793 which have been examined & found correct the amount thereof being one hundred & Eighty Seven dollars & six cents you will accordingly receive from Nicholas Fish Esqr Supervisor at New York granting your explicit receipts to be accountable for the due application thereof.
I have also received a Receipt Roll for the Pay and Subsistence & rations & [undecipherable] for the month of October 1793 the amount thereof being [undecipherable] & Nine Dollars & thirty five cents will be placed to the Credit of your account on the Books of this Office.
I am
Sir
Your Obt Servt
[undecipherable: J Howell]
Ensign William R Boote
New Brunswick
New Jersey.
[Accountants Office / Ensn William R Boote / New Brunswick / New Jersey]
[undecipherable notations]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter from the Accountant's Office to Ensign Boote; mentions Nicholas Fish, Supervisor of New York.
Date
12/04/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept of War, Accounts
Collection
Document number
1798120421001
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Rowland Boote
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
Notable locations
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Accountant's Office
New York
Notable items
Receipt rolls
subsistence

