Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1799Simmons informs McRee that his recruiting account was settled.
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Mr Sam Bauman
Cache River P.
Accountants Office
Sept 11th 1799
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you the sum of three hundred Dollars, the same being an advance made to you by the Secretary of War on account of the subsistence of the Army, for which sum you will be held accountable on the Books of this Office, you will please to furnish your receipt accordingly —
I am &c
W S
Mr Joseph Williams
Pay master & Store Keeper
Springfield Ms
September 11th 1799
Sir
The Secretary of War has given directions in favor on the Treasurer of the United States for four thousand five hundred Dollars, which he is directed the Treasurer to you on account of the Armoury at Springfield, Mass, for which sum you will please to forward the necessary rect & Obliging yourself accordingly accountable —
I am &c
W S
Griffith J McRee Esqr
Captain Wilmington
Sept 1799
Sir
The Recruiting account which accompanied your letter of the 20th ulto has been examined & the result is as follows (vz)
Amount of Bounty, [undecipherable] & premiums charged there of Drs 132 —
from which deduct
The premiums charged for enlisting John Blake & John & Morgan, as they do not appear to have been mentioned previous to their having enlisted —
Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons informs McRee that his recruiting account was settled.
Date
09/12/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799091221355
Page start
288
Note
Cited in Simmons to McRee, 11/21/1799.
Fever in Philadelphia causes the Accountant's Office to relocate to Trenton. This move occurs over the period August 24-7, 1799.
Notable persons
Griffith J McRee
William Simmons
John Clerk
John O'Bryan
McRea
collector Wilmington
treasurer
Notable locations
Wilmington
North Carolina
accountant's office
Notable items
recruiting account
examination
premium
bounty
mustered
desertion
balance
receipts

