Information on the Pay of Navy

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Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Description

Turner requested information on the cost of equipment and vessels built prior to the Navy Department. Simmons replied that the only record his Office hold was of payment of pay and subsistence of the Navy, incidental, and contingent expenses, none of which Simmons felt pertained to Turner's request.

Date

03/21/1800

Recipient

Sent from

Accountant's Office

Document number

1800032121055

Page start

46

Notable persons

Thomas Turner
William Simmons
accountant of navy department
Navy Department
constructors of frigates
Treasury Department

Notable locations

Navy Department
Accountant's Office

Notable items

vessels
incidental and contingent expenses
pay and subsistence of navy
books
expenditure