Settlement of Accounts
Document 1800Settlement of accounts of Edmund Winchester, late contractor of Boston. Winchester paid as ordered by Captain Daniel Pates for repairing the barracks on Castle William Island. Details included.
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Saint Hodgdon Esq.
Dep.t of Military Stores
[Accountants Office
April 2d 180[undecipherable]]
Sir,
On settlement of the accounts of [undecipherable] M [undecipherable]
late Storekeeper of Boston he has been paid at this Office for the following articles, furnished by order of Cap.t Samuel Gates
for repairing the Barracks in [undecipherable] William [undecipherable] Aug.t [undecipherable]
Sept 17.th 1 Sand box — $1.16. 6 files [undecipherable] .51. 19 Doz $3.45
May 6 100 of [undecipherable] form — 6.—
— 10 0 Nails — 1000. .80.[undecipherable] — 2.44
— 10 [undecipherable] 2 boards .60. 18 — 10 [undecipherable] 6 blank [undecipherable] .32.90
— [undecipherable] 00. 0 Nails .2[undecipherable]. 1 Doz [undecipherable] Step $[undecipherable]. 2 inside 16.22
— [undecipherable] White wash brush .25.[undecipherable] 6 [undecipherable] brush 15 doll. 15.12
— 2.1.0. [undecipherable] Bargain [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 17.40
— to Sworn [undecipherable] double blocks 1 doll. 1 d.y this 30.[undecipherable] 1.30
— 1 Keg [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] d.y [undecipherable] flat tiles .18 .23
— 20.[undecipherable] 1 [undecipherable] out [undecipherable] 4.50. 1 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 10.[undecipherable] 3 blocks $1.[undecipherable] 9.23
— 1 [undecipherable] Augur & 10. files .50 balls .2. 3 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
— [undecipherable] poor [undecipherable] frame 10 [undecipherable] 100 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 200 [undecipherable] 100.—
— Words .0.[undecipherable] 10 dollar [undecipherable] .59 [undecipherable] 22.00
amounting to 7 Dollars. 100 ¼
You will therefore be pleased to make the necessary entries on
the books of the Superintendent of Military Stores —
Sam [undecipherable]
[Jon.d Jackson Esq.
Sub Dep.t of Military Stores
Sir
The Treasurer of the United States will remit you
the sum of eighty [undecipherable] dollars [undecipherable] which you will please
to pay to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] late contractor of Boston, upon his
producing you the necessary receipts, being a balance due him for]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Settlement of accounts of Edmund Winchester, late contractor of Boston. Winchester paid as ordered by Captain Daniel Pates for repairing the barracks on Castle William Island. Details included.
Date
04/02/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800040221355
Page start
67
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
William Simmons
Edmund Winchester
contractor
Captain Daniel Pates
superintendent military stores
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Boston
Castle William Island
Notable items
hand saw
Swedish Iron
nails
boards
glass
white wash brush
casks of lime
cordage
spun yarn
double blocks
flat files
steel
cross cut saw
chisel
chalk line
screw augers
books

