Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Simmons provides an account balance and informs Freeman to expect payment from Nicholas Fish.

Date

07/17/1799

Author

William Simmons

Recipient

Nehemiah Freeman

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)

Document number

1799071721455

Page start

144

Notable persons

Captain Nehemiah Freeman
William Simmons
Benjamin Rhodes
Lieutenant. Rodrique
Nathaniel Ingraham
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
paymaster
Secretary of War
company
quartermaster
treasurer
congress

Notable locations

Fort Jay
New York
accountant's office

Notable items

subsistence
pay roll
alterations
retained bounty
pay
over calculated
law of Congress
account
rations
subsistence account
blank receipt roll
payment