Notification of Erroneous Information Transmitted Regarding Colonel Butler
Document 1800Simmons notified Henley previous letter regarding pay subsistence and forage for Colonel Butler was not correct. Butler now owed the United States a balance of $888.51. Colonel Butler was allowed to refund the amount to Henley or Henley was authorized to stop pay until the account was balanced.
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David Henley Esq
a.D.D. Ninoville
Sir
Accountants' Office
April 24th 1800
By this days mail I forward a letter from Mr Chandler enclosing a certificate of the Pay & rations of him by Colo Butler, and doing many that forwarded some time since, I being overseas — So I forward the Statement of his account upon the information contained on the certificates forwarded it is errored as I therein credited the Colo with his pay & for the months of July August Sept 1799 which appears by this last certificate to have been paid by his himself and I omitted charging him with the rations drawn by him for these months. In consequence I have inclosed another Statement of his account by which there appears a balance of Eight Dollars & eighty cents due from him to the States. I also copy of this Statement & inclose you for your government & I have desired Colo Butler either to refund you this amount or stop drawing his Pay & rations until the account shall be balanced —
Sam B. [initials]
[docket:] Lieutt Colo Theo Butler
St M'Cool — Thoughts April 24th 1800
Sir
Since my last to you dated the 18th Inst, I have received a letter from Mr Chandler the Pay master of your Dtst enclosing a Statement of Pay, Subsistence & Forrage made by you & states the former one forwarded by him to have been errored as to found by your receipts that he had paid you your pay subsistence & Forrage for the months of July, Augt & Sept 1799.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons notified Henley previous letter regarding pay subsistence and forage for Colonel Butler was not correct. Butler now owed the United States a balance of $888.51. Colonel Butler was allowed to refund the amount to Henley or Henley was authorized to stop pay until the account was balanced.
Date
04/24/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800042421055
Page start
109
Notable persons
David Henley
William Simmons
Mr. Chandler
agent war department
Notable locations
Knoxville, Tennessee
Accountant's Office
Notable items
certificate
pay
statement
account
double rations
account
forage

