Request for Decision on Case of Double Rations
Document 1800Simmons sent second letter requesting decision on case of double rations issued an officer, Brigadier General Wilkinson.
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Jno Huntingdon Esqr
Collector at London &c
Accountants Office
May 17th 1800
Sir
I received your Letter dated 10 Ulto enclosing Phelps Stanfords receipt for two hundred & twenty fours Dollars & 9/100 which will be carried on the Books of this office as
Saml &c
Wm
Mr [undecipherable] Atkinson
Trenton N Jersey May 17 1800
Sir
You Stand charged on the Books of this Office with three hundred & seventy five Dollars & 3 [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] for the expenditures on account has been rendered.
Should any part of this Sum have been disbursed, I have to request you will be pleased to forward immediately your acct accompanied by Suitable Vouchers & the balance if any Remains, you are to Report to the Treasury of the United States, in order that your acct may be closed on the Books of this Office. An expectation of hearing Shortly from you on the Subject
James [undecipherable]
The Secretary of War May 1[undecipherable] 1800
Sir
My letter under date of the 19th March last acquainted the Secretary of War information on the Subject of certain [undecipherable] charged in the account of Brigt Genl [undecipherable], to which I have received no reply. The occasion is therefore to request that the Secretary of War will furnish me with a [undecipherable] in the case to enable me to proceed with the examination of that part of the Qr master General's accounts
James [undecipherable]
Wm
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons sent second letter requesting decision on case of double rations issued an officer, Brigadier General Wilkinson.
Date
05/18/1800
Author
Recipient
Document number
1800051821055
Page start
145
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Brigadier General Wilkerson
paymaster general
Notable items
double rations
accounts

