Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1798Letter cancelled on 17 May 1798. Letter informs of account balance and impending payment from John Chester.
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Captn Edward Miller
Middletown, Connectt
Accountants O
Sir
The Muster & Pay roll for contained in your letter of the 8th Instt have undergone examin the following is the result Vizt
Amount as stated by you . . . . . . . . . . . .
from which deduct extra pay made up for James Crawford & Isaac Coks as Artificers for February and March having been made up as such & erroneously admitted in the former month the law making no allowance for Artificers in Regiments of Infantry . . 20 — Overcalculated on pay of John Johnston 12. Elisha Hackett 9 & James Lamb 7 Cents — is . . . . . . . . .
These deductions leave an amount of two hundred & Drs Sixty three Dollars & eleven Cents, which you will receive Chester Esquire supervisor at Wethersfield on giving him necessary receipts holding yourself accountable —
Jams &c
Cancelled —
Captn Miller being now in the City the amount as above stated was paid to himself — May 17th 1798.
Type
Letterbook
Description
Letter cancelled on 17 May 1798. Letter informs of account balance and impending payment from John Chester.
Date
1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798999923255
Page start
280
Notable persons
Captain Edward Miller
William Simmons
John Chester
supervisor Wethersfield Connecticut
James Crawford
Isaac Cook
artificers
Infantry Regiment
John Johnston
Elisha Hackett
James Lamb
Notable locations
Middletown, Connecticut
Accountant's Office
Philadelphia
Notable items
muster roll
pay roll
examination
erroneously admitted
law
allowance
over calculated
pay
deductions

