Jon.ⁿ Jackson Esq.^r Sup.^r Boston Accountants Office October 10^th 1799 Sir The treasurer of the United States, will remit you the sum of Sixty dollars, which you will please to pay to Dan.^t Jackson, Major 2^d. Reg.^t of Art.^y & Eng.^rs taking his duplicate receipts for the same, being for his forage, from 1 April to 30 Sept.^r 1799 — Sam H^e W.S. Major Dan.^t Jackson Boston October 10^th 1799 Sir You will receive from Jonathan Jackson supervisor Boston, the sum of Sixty Dollars, being for your Forage from 1 April to the 30 Sept.^r 1799 — for which sum you will please to grant the necessary receipts — Sam H^s. W.S. Jon.ⁿ Jackson Esq.^r Agent of Fortifications Boston — October 9. 1799 Sir The Secretary of War having appointed you Agent for Fortifications to be erected for the defence of the Town and Harbor of Boston, he has requested me to forward to you Instructions as to what regards Vouchers & the forms of keeping & rendering your accounts; the necessary directions how to disburse the Public monies entrusted to your care, and the application of the articles which may be purchased by you, you will no doubt receive from him — Your accounts must be rendered to this Office Monthly, for all expenditures made by you during the preceding month: necessary to a final settlement; and I shall require on such settlement a strict compliance on your part with all instructions received from The Secretary of War, and that your charges be accompanied with fair, regular, explicit bills & receipts annexed for the monies paid by you, the whole to be numbered in rotation according to the dates of payment, & thus numbered, arranged to the charges noting what the payments are made for, the amount of said accounts of disbursements to be entered in a General Acc.^t Current, balanced by such sum as may remain due to or by you, each acc.^t Current, to be distinguished by an alphabetical letter commencing with A, to be referred to in its subordinate Vouchers — All expenditures for materials & the Workmen and Labourers employed to construct new or repair old work you are to charge in your Books under the head of 'Fortifications' — All expenditures for Gun Carriages, implements for Guns, military Stores, & Gun Powder, to be charged under the head of 'Cannon, Arms & Ammunition' — and you will render your accounts accordingly. In addition thereto, it is also necessary that you transmit the following Abstracts Viz.^t— All articles purchased — Pay of Labourers — Pay of mechanics — Transportation — Contracts for constructing any Work, the compensation for which is not detailed in its component parts — Contingent charges, embracing all such as do not belong to the preceding abstracts, the amount of each to be carried to one general Abstract of expenditures, the forms of all which, as well as those of the accounts, above noticed, I inclose for your government. It is proper to observe, that no advance on account, whether on Contract or otherwise, must appear in your accounts, transmitted to this Office for settlement; as no charge not for a Payment in full can be admitted. To avoid however the appearance of your having monies in your hands, when it may be the reverse, you can forward a memorandum of the respective advances made by you, stating for what purpose, & noticing the amount in your letter accompanying the accounts, a true state of the Public monies in your hands will be known — Sam H.^r W.S. P.S. When payment is made to a person who makes his mark, it must be attested by some respectable Witness — [account form] D.^r The United States in acc.^t Curr.^t with Jon.ⁿ Jackson Ag.^t Fort.^s [undecipherable] 1799 | 1799 — To amount of my disbursements on account of Fortifications for [undecipherable] @ acc.— | By cash received from the War Department, this day, in a letter from — or (as the case may be). To Ditto Ditto for Cannon, arms & ammunition for @ acc.^t | Dollars | Dollars — Errors Excepted Boston —— 1799 J. J. [account form] The United States, for Disbursements on account of Fortifications erecting for the defence of the Town & harbor of Boston To Jonathan Jackson Ag.^t of Fortifica.^ns D.^r Date | | N.^o of Voucher | Amount Dollars | C.^t 1799 — | To cash paid A. B. for [undecipherable] of Boards, Carting &c — . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1. | 56 | . Total amount of disbursements in …. 1799 carried to Acc.^t Current A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dollars . — Errors Excepted Boston —— 1799 J. J. [account form] The United States, for disbursements on account of Cannon, Arms, & Ammunition for the defence of the Town & Harbor of Boston To Jon.ⁿ Jackson Ag.^t of Fortifica.^ns for Boston Date | | N.^o of Voucher | Amount D.^rs | C.^t 1799 — | To cash paid R & J. Saddlers, for the equipm.^t of 8 Brass, medium twelve Pounders Field Pieces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | | | Total am.^t of disbursem.^ts in …. 1799 carried to acco.^t Current A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dollars — Errors Excepted Boston —— 1799 J. J. [account form] General Abstract of expenditures in the Month of [blank] 179[blank] on account of the Fortifications erecting at Boston. | Doll. | C.^t Amount of Articles purchased . . . . @ abstract N.^o 1. . . . . Pay of Labourers . . . . . . @ ditto . . . 2. . . . " . Pay of Mechanics . . . . @ ditto . . . 3. . . . " . Transportation . . . . @ ditto . . . 4. . . . " . Contracts Completed . . . . @ ditto . . . 5. . . " . . . Contingent expenses . . . . @ ditto. 6. . . . Dollars [account form] Abstract of articles purchased in the month of — 1799 by Jonathan Jackson Agent of Fortifications for Boston — N.^o of Voucher | of whom purchased | quantity, quality & Price — | Amount Doll. | C.^t N.^o 1 | A. B. | [undecipherable] of Boards @ [undecipherable] 50— | | [undecipherable] measuring . . . . — . — . — 1.50 | 51 | 50 Amount carried to General Abstract . . . . Doll.^s [account form] Abstract of the Pay of Labourers, in the month of — 1799 on account of the Fortifications at Boston. N.^o of Voucher | Names | description of Labour & price — | Amount Doll. | C.^t N.^o 1 | A. B. . . . | for Piling Boards at — . — | 1 | 50 Amount carried to General Abstract . . . Dollars [account form] Abstract of the Pay of Mechanics in the month of — 1799 on account of the Fortifications, Boston. N.^o of Voucher | Names | how employed &c — . . . | D.^rs | C.^t Amount carried to General Abstract — Dollars — [account form] Abstract of Transportation in the Month of — 1799 on account of the Fortifications, Boston. N.^o of Voucher | Names | Purposes | Amount Doll. | C.^t N.^o 1 | A. B. | for Carting Boards from — to — | 3 | — Am.^t carried to General Abstract . . . Dollars [account form] Abstract of Disbursements on Contracts completed in the month of — 1799, on account of the Fortifications at Boston — N.^o of Voucher | Contracts with whom made | Purposes & Conditions . . . | Amount Doll. | C.^t Amount carried to General Abstract — Dollars — [account form] Abstract of Contingent expences in the month of [blank] 1799 on account of the Fortifications at Boston — N.^o of Voucher | To whom paid | Purposes | Amount Doll. | C.^t C.^mount carried to General Abstract Doll. . . . [sample voucher] Jon.ⁿ Jackson Esq.^r Boston 1799 Agent of Fortifications D.^r to A. B. For [undecipherable] of Boards @ gm . . . d.^r 50.— [undecipherable] measuring . . . . . . . . 1.50 ——— 51.50 Paid a Labourer for Piling d.^o . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.50 . Carting — d.^o . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.— Dollars 56.— I certify that the articles above specified, have been rec.^d at [blank] for the use of the Fortifications this [blank] of 1799 — (This Receipt to be signed by the superintendant of the Works, or some other responsible person, who can be held accountable for the due application of the articles delivered) Boston the [blank] of 1799 Received of Jonathan Jackson Agent of Fortifications for Boston, the sum of Fifty six Dollars, in full for the above account of Boards delivered for the use of the Fortifications — Signed Duplicates — A. B. Doll.^s 56.— [marginalia left margin: A. B. — / (date) / articles purchased . . . $1 50 / Pay of Labourers — 2 — / Transportation — 3 — / Am.^t — N.^o 56.— / Endorsement N.^o 3 / Every voucher must be endorsed on the present manner as the amount appearing the am.^t of each fortification ab[stract to which it pertains]]