Notification of Payment
Document 1800Simmons inspected receipts sent to Office by Gibbs for mustering and inspecting Captain Gates troops at Castle Island. Deductions were made from total sum, Gibbs owed monies by United States which were paid to him by Treasurer.
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Mr Caleb Gibbs Accountants Office
Boston May 19th 1800
Sir
I have received your letter dated the 1 Inst. enclosing your account for Mustering & Inspecting Capt Gibbs's Company of the 2d Regt of S & B. from 1 July 98 to 31 Oct. 1799. amounting to Doll 52
from which has been deducted
this firm charged for Oct 1799 before which time it appears by the muster rolls that they were not mustered by you . . . . . . . . . . . . —
30. —
To which add
amount of your account for Postage of letters on Public Service from January 1799 To January 1800 . . . . . . . . . . 2.20
Doll 32. 21
Leaving an amount of Thirty two Dollars & [undecipherable] for which fund you will receive from [undecipherable] Jackson Supervisor Boston upon giving your duplicate receipts —
Saml Hodgdon Esq. May 19th 1800
Jnspr of Md
Sir
On settlement of the accounts of [undecipherable] Horse Contractors, Connecticut, they have received as [undecipherable] in this Office, for the following articles — Vizt
To Capt William Bringg's Company —
1 Large Tin box 87 [undecipherable] & Small at 175 [undecipherable] & Tin platters 70[undecipherable] [undecipherable]
2 Tin Bottles at [undecipherable] & Knives & Forks 11 [undecipherable] & tin cups at [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Fort furnished by order of Lieut Woolrich
[undecipherable] for hinge 21[undecipherable] & Saddles 18[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] . . . . .
1 Month Table for the Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . .
1 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] . . . . . . . . . . .
amounting to Doll 14
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons inspected receipts sent to Office by Gibbs for mustering and inspecting Captain Gates troops at Castle Island. Deductions were made from total sum, Gibbs owed monies by United States which were paid to him by Treasurer.
Date
05/19/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800051921055
Page start
148
Notable persons
Caleb Gibbs
William Simmons
Captain Gates
2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers
Jonathan Jackson
supervisor Boston
Notable locations
Boston
Accountant's Office
Notable items
duplicate receipts
postage
muster rolls
mustering
inspecting

