Instructions about Accounts
Document 1800Letter, returns accounts of employees of Accountant's office for expenses related to the move of the Federal Government to Washington and gives instructions for rendering new accounts for payment of expenses.
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Peter Wagner Esqr
[Acknowledged by the Department of War's Office — notation partially undecipherable]
Auditors office Augt 9th 1800
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It is requested by the Secretary and Auditor of the [Treas]ury, that the account to be rendered by each Individual attached [to the] public office, may exhibit the amount actually expended by him [under] each or any of the following Heads. Viz
1st Package for Furniture- packing and Marking at [undecipherable]
[strikethrough: undecipherable]
Insurance, where actually paid
Freight, where actually paid
Carriage Hire
Expences on the Road
Tavern Expences at Washington or George Town, exhibit [undecipherable: taking?] accommodations deducting therefrom what it would have cost for House keeping, or at Board —
Actual loss or damage of Furniture
Dead rent, where actually paid on [undecipherable]
[undecipherable — lines obscured by damage]
Office, of complying with the forgoing request, I am directed to return you [your] respective accounts heretofore transmitted to the Secretary's Office
I am with respect
Sir Your Most Obedient Servant
[signature]
Peter Wagner Esqr
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, returns accounts of employees of Accountant's office for expenses related to the move of the Federal Government to Washington and gives instructions for rendering new accounts for payment of expenses.
Date
08/09/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Auditor's Office
Collection
Document number
1800080970001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Peter Hagner
P Ferall
Secretary of the Treasury
Auditor of the Treasury.
Notable locations
Auditor's Office
Washington
George Town
Philadelphia.
Notable items
account
furniture
insurances
freight
carriage hire
expenses on the road
tavern expenses
accommodations
board
actual loss
damage of furniture
dead rent
housekeeping.

