Mistake by Pay Master General

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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

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