Paymaster's Accounts under Review
Document 1796Notifies Britt that his accounts as paymaster are under review in the War Dept. Accountants Office and requests that he come to the War Department
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A William Graves Esqr Department of W[ar]
Norfolk Virga Accountants O[ffice]
March 15[th]
Sir
Edward Carrington
Supervisor of Virginia will pay you the sum of 43[?]
55 cents, being for the pay of Sergeant Robert Hedg[?]
the detachment under his command for January [?]
1796 for which sum you will Sign duplicate Rec[eipts and]
be accountable for the disbursement thereof, agre[eable to]
the enclosed Receipt Rolls. —
I am Sir Y[ou]r O[bedient Servant]
William Si[mmons]
A Capt Daniel Bill. Department of W[ar]
Accountants [Office]
Sir March 17[th]
Your accounts and Vouch[ers as]
Pay Master, are now under examination, your att[endance]
will therefore be indispensably necessary as it will g[reatly]
facilitate the settlement thereof; for which purp[ose] you
are hereby requested to attend at this Office as [soon as]
you possibly can make it convenient. —
I am Sir Y[our Obedient Servant]
William Sim[mons]
A [A]bvan D. Orr, Esq. Department of W[ar]
Sir Accountants [Office]
March 17[th]
I have examined the att[ached]
Musters of Colo Harrison's Regiment of Artillery and c[an]
find the Name of Edmund Brooke entered on eith[er,]
or that any person of that Name ever served as an Off[icer of]
that Regiment, if it should hereafter appear that [Edmund]
Brooke has a Claim for services, no claim having[...]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Notifies Britt that his accounts as paymaster are under review in the War Dept. Accountants Office and requests that he come to the War Department
Date
03/17/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Document number
1796031721055
Page start
16
Notable persons
Captain Daniel Britt
William Simmons
paymaster
Notable locations
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Notable items
accounts
vouchers
settlement

