Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1799Simmons authorizes Kilty to make payment to John Foncin at Fort McHenry.
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your duplicate recepts for the same —
Saml P. Baltimore
Accountants Office
John Hilley Esqr
Baltimore Md June 1st 1799
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of forty four Dollars with which you will please to pay to Nicholas Brewer temporary Express at Fort McHenry taking his duplicate recepts in the same, being balance of his pay [undecipherable] to 31 May 1799 continue his recepts from Philadelphia to Baltimore monthly to his Instructions from this Bureau, Your
Saml P. W. Simmons
Acct. Dt
Nicholas Fish Esqr
New York June 1st 1799
Sir The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Forty two Dollars which you will please to pay to Peter A Varney Gunts Pay to Artist, A King & Long for bounty peni — premium allowes fund for enlisting three recruits —
Saml P. W. Simmons
Acct. Dt
Pr Peter A Varney June 1st 1799
West Point
Sir
You will receive from Nicholas Fish Supervisor [undecipherable] [undecipherable] good the sum of Forty two Dollars, being for bounty fund & premium alloes you for enlisting 3 recruits, for which from you will please to grant your necessary recepts —
In future all Officers who are employed on the Renewing Service are to conform themselves expressly to the late Secretary Instructions given by the General Hamilton & others by superior [undecipherable]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons authorizes Kilty to make payment to John Foncin at Fort McHenry.
Date
06/01/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799060121255
Page start
25
Notable persons
John Kilty
William Simmons
John Foncin
supervisor Baltimore
treasurer
temporary engineer
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Notable locations
Fort McHenry
Philadelphia
Baltimore, Maryland
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
receipts
balance
subsistence
expenses

