Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1799Simmons informs Harrison that records from Colonel William Heath were requested.
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[Col Wm Hatch
Sheffield near Richmond
Virginia]
Accountants Office
June 14 1799
Sir
The [undecipherable] remarks made by the Minister of the Treasury in the reexamination of your accounts as Agent for paying the Virginia Recruits raised into Service to [undecipherable] an [undecipherable] in the [undecipherable] frontier of Pennsylvania in the Year 1799—
Should you have no further [undecipherable] for the Pay Master Bills noted in his remarks you will please to return them to this Office to do away the objections, and make such observations as you may think requisite—
hum by
N. Simmons
Acct.
[The Minister of the
Treasury Pay. D.]
June 15 1799
Sir
I have received your letter of the 13 [undecipherable] with the enclosure— a copy of which so far as relates to the accounts of Col. William Hatch has been forwarded to him requiring that he will transmit the Vouchers Stated and when done you shall receive further information for the purpose
hum by W. Simmons
Acct.
[Lt W F [undecipherable]
Savannah Georgia]
June 17 1799
Sir I have recd your letter of the 16 [undecipherable] enclosing [undecipherable] receipt for bounty paid by you, which will be filed with those before received subject to future examination—
hum by N. Simmons
Acct.
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Harrison that records from Colonel William Heath were requested.
Date
06/15/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799061521555
Page start
66
Note
This document is addressed to "The Auditor of the Treasury."
Notable persons
Richard Harrison
William Simmons
Colonel William Heath
auditor treasury department
Notable items
account
voucher

