Paymaster Accounts
Document 1799Accounts of paymasters and their debits. Lists payments for regiments as well as their commanding officers. Has furnished instructions relative to duties.
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[Stamp: GENERALS OFFICE / RECEIVED [undecipherable]]
Aug 2. 1799
Accountant
War Dept.
Transmitting a/c
of Payms for examination—
Lt J.G. McWhorton 11. [undecipherable]
Lt Furman Morley 13. "
Lt Rabt Duncanfor 14 "
Lt Calvin Morgan 7 "
Lt Will Swan 15 "
Lt N. Pinkney 9 "
To whom instructions have
been furnished—
Abstracts of warrants
issued in their favor
Enclosed—
1 Enc.
[File]
[Address:] Caleb Swan Esqre
Pay Master General
[Endorsement at bottom of address panel, undecipherable]
Department of War
Accountant's Office
August 2. 1799—
Sir,
I herewith hand you for examination the Accounts of the following Pay Masters, together with an Abstract of the [undecipherable] to their debit on the books of this Office—
Lieut John MacWhorter, Pay Master to the 11 Reg't of Infantry commanded by Lieut Col. Aaron Ogden, for payments to the said Reg. on account of the pay and Forage of the Field & Staff, and the pay of the other Commissioned Officers—
Lieut Furman Morley, paymaster to the 13 Reg of Infantry commanded by Lieut col. Timothy Taylor, for payments to the said Reg on account of the pay Forage of the Field & Staff, the pay of the other Commissioned Officers, and for monies advanced on Account of the Recruiting Service—
Lieut Robert Duncan [undecipherable: probable "Jr."] Pay Master to the 14 Reg of Infantry commanded by Lieut Col. Nathan Rice, for payments made to the said Reg. on account of the pay & Forage of the Field & Staff, and the pay of the other Commissioned Officers—
Lieut Calvin Morgan, Pay Master to the 7 Reg of Infantry
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Accounts of paymasters and their debits. Lists payments for regiments as well as their commanding officers. Has furnished instructions relative to duties.
Date
08/02/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799080221101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Caleb Swan
William Simmons
Paymasters
Lieutenant John G McWhorter
Lieutenant Truman Mosely
Lieutenant Robert Duncan
Lieutenant Calvin Morgan
Lieutenant William Swan
Lieutenant Ninian Pinckney
Lieutenant Colonel Aaron Ogden
Lieutenant Colonel Timothy Taylor
Lieutenant Colonel Nathan Rice
Lieutenant Colonel William Bentley
Lieutenant Colonel Richard Hunneall
Lieutenant Colonel Josias C. Hall
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
abstracts of warrants
accounts
payments
pay and forage
recruiting service
instructions

