Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1799Simmons informs Littlefield to expect funds from John Dexter for payment to Doctor Isaac Senter.
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Capt. [undecipherable: probable reading: McStelljahlt] Accountants Office
Fort [undecipherable] June 17th 1799
Sir
The [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] to the account of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the sum to be paid [undecipherable] has [undecipherable] the sum of being [undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable] has been [undecipherable: probable reading: admitted] This sum is [undecipherable: probable reading: transmitted] to [undecipherable] Patton Dep[uty] [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] [undecipherable] prior to [undecipherable] you will therefore be pleased to [undecipherable] him to call for payment accordingly —
[Yours &c] W.S.
Lt. John W. Livingston Jr. June 17th 1799
[New] York
You will receive from Nicholas [undecipherable] [undecipherable] New York [undecipherable] Dollars, being for [undecipherable] pay for the months of [undecipherable] & May 1799, for which sum you will grant your [undecipherable] receipt —
[Yours &c] W.S.
Nich. [undecipherable] Co. June 17th 1799
[undecipherable] New York
Sir
The [undecipherable] of the United States will [undecipherable] remit you the sum of [undecipherable] dollars, which you will please to pay to [undecipherable] W. Livingston Jr., a [undecipherable] [undecipherable] his [undecipherable] rec[eip]t for the [undecipherable], being for his pay for [undecipherable] & May 1799 —
[Yours &c] W.
W.A.
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Littlefield to expect funds from John Dexter for payment to Doctor Isaac Senter.
Date
06/19/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799061921855
Page start
75
Notable persons
Captain William Littlefield
William Simmons
John Dexter
supervisor Providence
Doctor Isaac Senter
Captain Elliott
Notable locations
Fort Wolcott
Accountant's Office
Fort Wolcot
Rhode Island
Providence
Notable items
payment
certificate

