Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1799Simmons transfers the recruiting accounts of the 12th and 13th Regiments to the Paymaster General.
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advances on acct of the Recruiting service
Lieut Robert Dunrant junr: Pay master to the 14 Regt of Infantry commanded by Lieut Coll: Nathan Hart for pay meant made to the said Regiment on account of the pay & forage of the Ride Wolff & the other commissioned Officers —
Lieut Belvim Morgan pay master to the 1st Regt of Infantry commanded by Lieut Coll: William Bentley for payments to the said Regt on account of the pay forage of the Ride & the full pay of the other commissioned Officers for monies advanced on account of the Recruiting service —
Lieut William Swan pay master to the 15 Regt of Infy commanded by Lieut Coll: Richard Pannowill in payments made to the said Regt for the purposes last mentioned —
Lieut Truman Pinckney Pay master to the 3 Regt of Infantry commanded by Lieut Coll: [undecipherable] & Telfry for monies advanced said Regiment on account of the Recruiting service —
I have furnished on your advance each pay master with Instructions relative to the duties they were then called upon to perform: copies of which you may have reference to at this Office for your government. I have acknowledged the receipt of their accounts and the pay masters have been informed that you would communicate with them on this Subject —
Saml H[undecipherable] W. S.
Caleb Swan Esqr
Pay master Genl
[Sir I herewith hand you two hundred & forty abstracts of accounts relating to the 13th & 15 Regiments recd by me from the 9th Army Regt adjutant dependent but which you are required to file in your Office subject to examination when the Officers discharge]
August 1, 1799
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons transfers the recruiting accounts of the 12th and 13th Regiments to the Paymaster General.
Date
08/01/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799080121955
Page start
207
Notable persons
Caleb Swan
William Simmons
A.R. Ellery
12th Regiment
13th Regiment
Paymaster General
Abraham Ellery
assistant adjutant
Abraham R. Ellery
recruits
officers
Notable locations
accountant's office
Notable items
recruiting accounts
settlement
attestations
enlistment
file
examination

