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Treasury Department, Comptroller's Office, November 27. 1799. Sir, The accompts noted at foot having been closed on the books of the Treasury, (per certificate of the Register herewith transmitted) you will be pleased [strikethrough: to cause] the requisite entries to be made in those of your office for debiting the parties for the sums opposed to their names respectively. I am Sir very respectfully Your obed.^t Servant [signature: undecipherable] H.ⁿ Simmons Esq. John Chisholm . . . . . . forl. . . . . 2500. " Henry Glenn . . . . . . . forl. . . . . 8830. " John Habersham . . . . . forl. . . . . 263. 47 John Jacob Faesch & Co . . forl. . . . . 12,714. 66 Gen. Henry Lee . . . . . . forl. . . . . 1730. 32 Tobias Lear . . . . . . . forl. . . . . 17,016. 69 Anderson Warfield . . . forl. . . . . 240. " [Docket: Comptrollers letter dated Novem. 27. 1799 – transferring [undecipherable] different [undecipherable] to the debit of [undecipherable] of the persons on the [undecipherable] of the Cap[undecipherable] accounts had for the [undecipherable]]

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Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Treasury Comptroller Steele transmits accounts that have been closed on the books of the Treasury but should be debited for the specified sums on the books of Simmons. The accounts belong to: John Chisholm, Henry Glenn, John Habersham, John Jacob Faesch & Co., Gen. Henry Lee, Tobias Lear, and Anderson Warfield.