Account of Silas Dinsmoor, Temporary Agent to the Cherokee Nation of Indians
Document 1800Simmons indicates that Dinsmoor's claims for compensation are inadmissible. He bases this on the contention of the Secretary of War that if final settlements are allowed revision, there will be no end to settlements. Simmons closes by noting that it has been unfortunate that he has differed with the Secretary of War on accounts similar to the one under consideration.
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Receivable 1799
March 13th 1800
I Certify, that there is due to James [undecipherable] on account of Fortifications, the sum of sixty dollars & [undecipherable] being the amount due him in expenditures made on account of said Fortifications in December 1799 —
W.L.
Doll 60. 13
The Secy of War.
March 17 1800
I Certify, that there is due to George W. Kirkham Citizen [undecipherable] 12 M[undecipherable] of Infantry the sum of eighty dollars, being for his pay for the months of January & February 1800 which sum is herein to Joseph Starrow [undecipherable] agreeable to a Power of Atty on file in this Office —
W.L.
Pay of the Army
Doll 80. —
See Secy of War
March 16th 1800
I certify that there is due to James Moore Wilmington [undecipherable] B[undecipherable] the sum of three hundred & thirty [undecipherable] being [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] makes [undecipherable] the pay of Fort Johnson on October [undecipherable] same [undecipherable] as settlement made [undecipherable] the same in December 1799 would have is to be transfer to [undecipherable] to make [undecipherable] without [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] time to [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] 150 [undecipherable]
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons indicates that Dinsmoor's claims for compensation are inadmissible. He bases this on the contention of the Secretary of War that if final settlements are allowed revision, there will be no end to settlements. Simmons closes by noting that it has been unfortunate that he has differed with the Secretary of War on accounts similar to the one under consideration.
Date
03/12/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800031221352
Page start
168
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Silas Dinsmoor
Temporary Agent, Department of Indian Affairs
Indians
Treasury Department
David Henley
commissioners
accountant
Secretary of War
Cherokee Nation
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Georgia
Cherokee Nation of Indians
Treasury Department
Knoxville Tennessee
Notable items
settlements
accounts
pay
salary
traveling expenses
liquor
Indian Treaty

