Mistake by Pay Master General
Document 1800Ellery alluded to mistake made by Pay Master General on accounts for Quarter Master's Stores. Account examined by General Hamilton. Simmons attempted to ascertain the specific accounts, mentioning Coll. Stevens, Agent for the War Department at New York, and those of Bell, Smith, Gain, and Tenlych.
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50.
Carriages from 1 Dec. 1799. to 10 march 1800 agreeable to the
Instructions given by Major Louis Forward, by order of Major
Gen'l Alex. Hamilton, while there [undecipherable] for returning —
for which sum you will please to grant your duplicate
receipt —
Sam H. [undecipherable]
Garfield & McMilli[undecipherable] Accountants Office
Wilmington N.C. March 21st 1800
No
Sir
Received your letter dated the 8 Ult. inclosing the
receipt of Robert Brown late [undecipherable] center for one hundred twenty eight
dollars & [undecipherable] which form will be entered to your credit on the
books of this Office —
Sam H.
[undecipherable]
Sam'l Stevens Esq. March 21st 1800
Charleston
No
Sir
I received your letter of the 15 Inst. inclosing
your receipt for one dollar fourteen Cents which will be entered on the
Books of this Office accordingly —
Sam H. [undecipherable]
Oliver & Ellery Esq. March 21st 1800
Ag't to [undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
No
Sir
I have received your letter of the 18th Inst. and
have noted its contents — The accounts to which you allude were
some [undecipherable] since transmitted to this Office by the Pay master General
to whom they were returned, & who I have been informed presented
them to General [undecipherable] from which [undecipherable] the result of your
letter I have heard nothing of them —
which refer'd to a mistake which you apprehend
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Ellery alluded to mistake made by Pay Master General on accounts for Quarter Master's Stores. Account examined by General Hamilton. Simmons attempted to ascertain the specific accounts, mentioning Coll. Stevens, Agent for the War Department at New York, and those of Bell, Smith, Gain, and Tenlych.
Date
03/25/1800
Author
Recipient
Document number
1800032521255
Page start
50
Notable persons
Abraham R Ellery
William Simmons
General Alexander Hamilton
paymaster general
agent for war department in New York
Bell
Smith
Gain
Tenlych
assistant adjutant general New York
Colonel Stevens
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
accounts
quartermaster stores
purchases

