Extra Allowances to Officers

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Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Complains that accountant William Simmons has permitted no extra allowances even for a surgeon to attend the Indians at the Treaty of Greenville. Simmons claims such allowances can only be authorized by Congress.

Date

03/19/1800

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1800031900101

Page start

1

Note

Cited in Hamilton to McHenry, 03/21/1800.

Notable persons

Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry
William Simmons
Congress

Notable locations

Philadelphia
Greenville