Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1799Simmons informs Foncin to expect payment from John Kilty.
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John Hilty Esqr
Supervisor Wilmington Accountants Office
July 17 1799
Sir
The treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of sixty nine dollars [undecipherable] for the pay & subsistence of John Ferman [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for the month of June 1799 which sum you will please to pay to the [undecipherable: said] John Ferman on his giving you the [undecipherable: necessary] receipt &
Saml
W.S.
Mr John Ferson [undecipherable] July 17 1799
Baltimore [undecipherable]
Sir I have received your letter of the 10th Instant, accompanying [by?] your account of pay & subsistence for the month of June 1799 which has been examined & found correct, amounting to [undecipherable] which [undecipherable] you [undecipherable] from John Hilty Supr Wilmington, and [give?] him your duplicate receipt &
Saml
[undecipherable]
Nicholas Fish Esqr
Supervisor New York July 23d
Sir I have received your letter of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
The [undecipherable] figures as mentioned in my letter to you of the 17th are as follows & for this [undecipherable] mentioned
Warrant N° [undecipherable] for pay [of] Ferman, N° [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
The non commissioned Officers & Privates
for June 1799 [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs Foncin to expect payment from John Kilty.
Date
07/17/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799071722555
Page start
162
Notable persons
John Foncin
William Simmons
temporary engineer
supervisor Baltimore
Notable locations
Maryland
accountant's office
Baltimore
Notable items
pay
subsistence
examination
receipt

