Acknowledgment of Receipt
Document 1800Simmons received letter from Jackson that contained receipts of John G. Coffin, information to be entered on the books of the Office.
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Penr Goodhue Esqr
& d. la [undecipherable] Johnson Accountants Office
Boston May 23d 1800
Sir
On the [undecipherable] of April 1799 you gave [undecipherable] for this Office consent to a memorial filed in favor of the Treasurer of the United States and by him transmitted to you to the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of him the sum of one thousand Dollars on account of the [undecipherable] necessitations at that place. not having received any account of the expenditure I have to request you will have the goodness to [undecipherable] agree them & append them to transmit to this Office [as] convenient an account of the money disbursed supported by suitable vouchers in order that their account may be settled here at this Office— Sam H. W.S.
Jonn Jackson Esqr May 23d 1800
Boston
Sir I received your letter of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] stating the receipt of John [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] for seventy two dollars which will be entered on the Books of this Office—
Sam H.
W.S.
John Kelly Esqr
Superintendent Baltimore
Sir— The Treasurer of the United States will remit [undecipherable] the sum of Thirty seven dollars to be paid to [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] — for printing advertisements of deserters by [undecipherable] office of the United States forms [undecipherable] May 1799 to [undecipherable] March 1800—
You will be pleased to take the necessary receipts and forward them to this office— Sam H[undecipherable]
W.S.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons received letter from Jackson that contained receipts of John G. Coffin, information to be entered on the books of the Office.
Date
05/23/1800
Author
Recipient
Document number
1800052321255
Page start
154
Notable persons
Jonathan Jackson
William Simmons
John G. Coffin
Notable locations
Boston
Notable items
receipt
books

