Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

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Type

Letterbook

Description

Simmons provides instruction on the proper management of accounts to John Wilkins. Wilkins is agent for fortifications at Loftus' Heights.

Date

11/21/1799

Author

William Simmons

Recipient

John Wilkins, Jr.

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

1799112121055

Page start

423

Note

Cited in Wilkins to Simmons, 11/29/1799.

Notable persons

John Wilkins Jr
William Simmons
Secretary of War
Brigadier General Wilkinson
workmen
laborers
Jonathan Jackson
quartermaster general
agent fortifications
respectable witness

Notable locations

Loftus's Heights
accountant's office
Mississippi
Natchez
Mississippi River

Notable items

vouchers
barracks
expenditures
accounts
fortifications
disbursements
gun carriages
books
military stores
gun powder
cannon
arms
ammunition
pay
compensation
contingent expenses
abstract
contract
settlement
payment