Accounts Examined, Balance Due to United States
Document 1800Accounts for the Armoury at Springfield, MA examined. Simmons found Williams owed United States money from an outstanding balance in last statement. One of the expenses was a warrant issued to Samuel Hodgdon, Williams' attorney.
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Pay master General — I herewith return you the accounts encld in order that they may possess the correct form set out by the instructions to the Pay masters m
Sam Hpy [undecipherable]
Mr Jos Williams Accountants Office
Pay master Riftin Super July 11th 1800
Springfield Dist —
Sir Your accounts of receipts & dispensations at the Armory at Springfield Massachusetts for the quarter ending the 31 March last have been examined the balance found in your hands on that date of four thousand six hundred seventy four dollars & [undecipherable] differing from your statement in the sum of $403 accounted for as follows. vizt.
This Sum being the balance of errors arising on the last statement of which you were advised but which have not been credited in your present statement — $3.94
Your own account 4879 recd by your attorney m — $100— $103. —
the 25 March inst d d d
Exclusive of the above balance your Disbursements recd by this office with the following Warrants recd by the
Brigade your attorney vizt — 1800 Sept 21. Warrant No 1371 for $500. — " " 1847 " 300. — " May 16 " 2110 " 3800. — " June 7 " 2211 " 1400 — making Drs 1450 " July 1 " 1222 " — Sam Hpy [undecipherable] July 16th 1800 Nichols & Ashley N York Sir The Treasurer of the United States upon receipt of the Sum of Ninety dollars which please to pay to Brent [undecipherable] for military Store Keeper at Wm Brent taking his duplicate receipts one being for his Salary from 1 April to 30 June 1800 — [undecipherable]
Brigade your attorney vizt — 1800 Sept 21. Warrant No 1371 for $500. — " " 1847 " 300. — " May 16 " 2110 " 3800. — " June 7 " 2211 " 1400 — making Drs 1450 " July 1 " 1222 " — Sam Hpy [undecipherable] July 16th 1800 Nichols & Ashley N York Sir The Treasurer of the United States upon receipt of the Sum of Ninety dollars which please to pay to Brent [undecipherable] for military Store Keeper at Wm Brent taking his duplicate receipts one being for his Salary from 1 April to 30 June 1800 — [undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Accounts for the Armoury at Springfield, MA examined. Simmons found Williams owed United States money from an outstanding balance in last statement. One of the expenses was a warrant issued to Samuel Hodgdon, Williams' attorney.
Date
07/11/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800071121455
Page start
190
Notable persons
Joseph Williams
William Simmons
attorney
Samuel Hodgdon
paymaster
storekeeper
Notable locations
Springfield, Massachusetts
Accountant's Office
armory
armoury
Notable items
settlement
warrant
account
receipt
expenditures
credit

