Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1799Simmons authorizes McRee to make payment to Lt. John Fergus.
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you will please to remit your priniciple rect to be answered for the due application thereof. — [?] will receive from Daniel Stevens Esqr Supervisor Charleston [?] a sum of five hundred & fifty Dollars being balance of your pay from 21 Novr 1797 (the date on which the Secretary of War agrees that your pay should commence) to 31 May 1799, for which you will please to grant your necessary receipt &c.
The reason your pay was not before transmitted was owing to the Secretary of War not sending [undecipherable] from what time your pay should commence —
[undecipherable: Jam? W.]
W.S.
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Daniel Stevens Esqr Accountant's Office
Fort Charleston D.C. June 4th 1799
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of 230 Dollars which you will please to pay to [undecipherable] George Syme taking his necessary receipt for the same, being [undecipherable] balance of his pay from 21 Novr 1797 to 31 May 1799 —
[undecipherable: Jam? 8] W.S.
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Griffith Smith Esqr June 26th 1799
Collector Wilmington
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of Thirty four Dollars which you will please to pay to [undecipherable] Syme taking his priniciple rect for the same being balance due him on settlement of his Recruiting accounts,
[undecipherable: Jam? 8] W.S.
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons authorizes McRee to make payment to Lt. John Fergus.
Date
06/26/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Wilmington
Document number
1799062621455
Page start
96
Notable persons
Griffith McRee
William Simmons
Lieutenant John Fergus
treasurer
collector Wilmington
McRea
Notable locations
Wilmington
North Carolina
accountant's office
Notable items
settlement
balance
remit
pay
recruiting account

