Warrrant Issued
Document 1800Warrant No. 188[7] issued in favor of Jackson for commissions. Simmons requested receipts in order to update books of the Office.
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[The letter forwarded by you to this Office for [undecipherable] has been handed to him & the claim therein contained [undecipherable]
Sam [undecipherable]
W [undecipherable]]
Capt Richd J Blackburn
Norfolk 45.—
Accountants Office
May 28 1800
Sir
You have charged on the books of this Office
with three thousand [undecipherable] two Dollars & [undecipherable], two hundred Dollars
of which were placed on your hands on account of the Accounting
[undecipherable]. — [undecipherable] [Account?] [undecipherable] Augt 179[undecipherable], the balance remaining, in
[undecipherable] placed in your hands for the pay of the troops station
at Fort [undecipherable] from 1 April [undecipherable] 31 July 179[undecipherable]
I request you will immediately forward your accounts
with the necessary vouchers in order that the amount paid by
you may be passed to your credit, & the balance (if any
remains) you will please refund to the Treasurer of the U.S. to
close your account at this Office —
Sam [undecipherable]
W [undecipherable]
Genl Jackson Esqr
Supervisor Boston
May 28 [undecipherable] 1800
Sir
On the 6 March 1797 [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] 18[undecipherable], in [undecipherable] Sixty two Dollars & [undecipherable]
were given for your transmission for remitting & paying monies from the Department of War to this [undecipherable] 17 Decr 179[undecipherable] and transmitted to you by the Treasurer of the United
States the receipts whereof you have not acknowledged to me.
I have therefore to request you will send forward a receipt to this
Office for each Sum to enable me to make the necessary entries on
the books here —
Sam [undecipherable] W [undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Warrant No. 188[7] issued in favor of Jackson for commissions. Simmons requested receipts in order to update books of the Office.
Date
05/24/1800
Author
Recipient
Document number
1800052421355
Page start
157
Notable persons
Jonathan Jackson
William Simmons
supervisor Boston
Treasurer
Notable locations
Boston
Notable items
commissions
monies
receipt
books

