Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Simmons directs Bishop to submit original returns for supplies.

Date

09/04/1799

Author

William Simmons

Recipient

John Bishop

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

1799090421355

Page start

280

Note

Cited in Simmons to Little, 10/14/1799. Cited in Simmons to Bishop, 11/27/1799. Fever in Philadelphia causes the Accountant's Office to relocate to Trenton. This move occurs over the period August 24-7, 1799.

Notable persons

Captain John Bishop
William Simmons
James Little
contractor
Secretary of War
James McHenry

Notable locations

Winchester, Virginia
accountant's office
Trenton New Jersey

Notable items

account
articles
quarter master stores
certificate
extravagant nature
public stores
sanction
returns
supplies
authorized expenditures
settlement
contractor's accounts