Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1799Simmons informs Stille to expect payment from Nicholas Fish.
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[90] [Accountants Office]
Nicholas Pike Esq.
Superior New York
Jan 17, 1799
Sir
The treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of twenty eight Dollars which you will please [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] taking his duplicate receipt for the same, being for bounty paid & [provisional?] allowance allowed him for enlisting two [recruits?] —
I am &c W. S.
Capt James Stites June 27. 1799
N. York
Sir
You will receive from Nicholas Pike Esq. at New York the sum of twenty eight Dollars being for bounty paid & [undecipherable] allowance given for enlisting two [recruits?] —
For which sum you will please to [grant] proper duplicate receipts —
In transmitting your accounts to this Office for settlement it is proper that they should be accompanied by letter —
I am &c. W. L.
John Willy Esq. June 29. 1799
Baltimore
Sir I have [received] your letter [dated] the 22 [inst?] enclosing the receipt of [Capt?] [undecipherable] Morris for [two hundred] [undecipherable] [four?] Dollars & [fifty?] which will be [placed] to your credit [on] the Books of this Office —
I am &c W. S.
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Stille to expect payment from Nicholas Fish.
Date
06/27/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799062721755
Page start
99
Notable persons
Captain James Stille
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
recruits
Notable locations
Accountant's office
New York
Notable items
bounty
premium
enlist
receipts
accounts
settlement

