Letter from the Accountant of the War Department
Document 1800Simmons directs Putnam to submit all vouchers pertaining to the accounts of William Leverett.
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[Gallishire Esq?] [undecipherable: D. N°. 4] Accountant's Office
February 4th 1800
I hand you the above Colonel for the purpose of collecting the bounties thereof, on the settlement of the Bills aforementioned —
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This letter refers to the Colonel of one to Capt Starts Morris dated the 24 January 1800 — Page 480.
Lieut. Putnam Amost Regt
Rutland Vermy
February 4th 1800
Sir
Williams Burnett for Vermont having presented his accounts at this Office for settlement without the necessary Vouchers which you have acknowledged to be out your possession, the object of this is therefore to request you will forward them to this Office that I may be enabled to [undecipherable] the propriety of the charges in the Quarter master's Hospital Dept You will please give me the names of those Commd Officers & their Master who appear to have drawn their subsistence from the 1 Oct. to N. Dec. 1779 —
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Mr Williams Burnett
Windsor Vermont —
February 4th 1800
Sir
Your acct handed to this Office for settlement by Judge [undecipherable] have been suspended for want of the original vouchers upon which you made the [undecipherable], the [undecipherable] of the parties from whom articles were purchased acknowledging to be in [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] I have [undecipherable] written to that Officer to forward them to this Office which when done your acct will be settled & the result [undecipherable] duly communicate to you —
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Simmons directs Putnam to submit all vouchers pertaining to the accounts of William Leverett.
Date
02/04/1800
Author
Recipient
Document number
1800020421455
Page start
501
Notable persons
Lieutenant Isaac Putnam
William Simmons
13th Regiment
William Leverett
commissioned officers
waiters
contractor
Notable locations
Rutland, Vermont
Windsor, Vermont
Notable items
Quartermaster stores
Hospital stores
subsistence

