Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1799Simmons discusses the expenses of Lt. Nathaniel Leonard with Samuel Hodgdon.
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Crew W. Carrington Esqr Accountants Office
Supt Richmond [undecipherable] May 25. 1799
Sir
I have received your letter of the 18th inst.
enclosing two receipts of Capt Saml Adams amounting to
two hundred, twenty one Dollars & [undecipherable] which sum will
be entered to your credit on the Books of this Office —
I am yr W. Simmons
Accts
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr
Dept [undecipherable] Milts Stores May 25. 1799
Sir
It appears by an account of [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Contractor [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] in this Office that he has
delivered to Lieut [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the following articles of [undecipherable]:
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] coats
36 [undecipherable] shirts
42 Blankets
[undecipherable] of which were purchased by order of the Secretary of
War, for the service under his command. You are therefore
requested to charge [undecipherable] the said [undecipherable] accountable
on the Books of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] Stores —
I am yr W. Simmons
Accts
Samuel Osborne May 25. 1799
Surgt of Milts
Sir
In answer to your letter of the 21 Instant,
I have to inform you that your Pay & forage for the
month of March 1799 has been made up in the Pay Roll of [undecipherable]
Company [undecipherable] already [undecipherable] placed in the hands of
[undecipherable] Agent for the [undecipherable] of War at New York
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons discusses the expenses of Lt. Nathaniel Leonard with Samuel Hodgdon.
Date
05/25/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799052521355
Page start
5
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
William Simmons
William Leverett
superintendent military stores
William Leverett
contractor
Lieutenant Nathaniel Leonard
secretary of war
command
recruits
Notable items
clothing
articles
books
purchase
blankets
shoes
overalls

