Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Simmons forwards Colonel Ogden's statement of items supplied by John King to the 11th Regiment.

Date

09/12/1799

Author

William Simmons

Recipient

Samuel Hodgdon

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

1799091221055

Page start

289

Note

Fever in Philadelphia causes the Accountant's Office to relocate to Trenton. This move occurs over the period August 24-7, 1799.

Notable persons

Samuel Hodgdon
William Simmons
11th Regiment of Infantry
John King
11th Regiment
Colonel Ogden
superintendent military stores
secretary of war
Samuel Meredith
Henry Foxall
Robert Morris Jr.
accountant
William Simmons
Peter Hagner
clerk
treasurer

Notable locations

Elizabethtown, New Jersey
accountant's office

Notable items

receipts
warrant
fabrication
iron cannon