Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1799Simmons informs Bissell to expect payment from John Chester.
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John Hills Esqr Accountants Office
Baltimore June 12 1799
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will send you the sum of Eighty Dollars which you will please to pay to James [undecipherable: Douff] Esqr or [undecipherable] he is being [undecipherable] pay for the months of April & May 1799 for which sum you will take the property receipts —
[undecipherable]
M. [undecipherable: Simmons]
[undecipherable: Clerk]
Capt [undecipherable: Russell] [undecipherable: Dogate] June 12 1799
[undecipherable]
Sir
I have recd your letter of the [undecipherable] with the enclosures, One pay [undecipherable] and one commission of [undecipherable] correct amounting to one hundred and two dollars & [undecipherable] which sum you will receive from John [undecipherable: Webster] Supervisor [undecipherable: Witherspoon] [undecipherable] for which you will be pleased to give him your duplicate receipts holding yourself accountable for the use expressed therein —
If you are certain that there has been any expenses incurred for advertising or in procuring [undecipherable] [undecipherable] at the time of his [undecipherable] you will please to deduct it from his pay —
From [undecipherable]
M. [undecipherable: Simmons]
Clerk
John [undecipherable: Lestor] Esqr June 12 1799
Supervisor [undecipherable: McKean]
Connecticut
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will send you the sum of One Hundred [undecipherable] Dollars & [undecipherable] being for the pay of [undecipherable] under the command of Capt [undecipherable: Russell] [undecipherable: Dogate]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Bissell to expect payment from John Chester.
Date
06/12/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799061221355
Page start
57
Notable persons
Captain Russell Bissell
William Simmons
deserters
Cournel Prentice
John Chester
supervisor Wethersfield
deserter
Notable locations
Middletown
Connecticut
accountant's office
Notable items
pay roll
receipts
expenses
advertising and pursuing deserters
pay

