Copy of Waste Book Received
Document 1800Copy of Waste Book received, to be filed with others and examined in the future.
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[David Henley Esqr
Agent for the War Dept
Ashville Tennessee]
Accountants Office
August 20th 1800
Sir
Your letter under the 6 Instt enclosing the [undecipherable] of your Muster Rolls for the month of June is received & will be filed with those before forwarded to this Office —
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Archibald Coury Esqr
Agent of Hostpon?
New York, Rhode Island
Sir
Your account & recpts for expenditures on account of the fortifications at New York Rhode Island between the 17 Jun & 31 July have been examined & the sum of eight thousand one hundred &seventy dollars proper to your credit on the books of this Office leaving a balance of [undecipherable] thousand nine hundred thirty five dollars &[undecipherable] due from you to the United States & differs from your [undecipherable] which is accounted for as follows Vizt
This sum being amount of estimated vouchers [undecipherable] errors on last [undecipherable] as [undecipherable] of differences [undecipherable] to you on the 21 July .................. $248.78
It arriving on your having charged your commission of 1[undecipherable]% on 12000.00 instead of 1859[undecipherable].00, the amount of your expenditures 29.10
Also included as the ulmost balance of your [undecipherable], being credited by you at 1107 [undecipherable] instead of 5[undecipherable]9.73[undecipherable] 600—
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Copy of Waste Book received, to be filed with others and examined in the future.
Date
08/20/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800082021255
Page start
226
Notable persons
David Henley
William Simmons
agent war department
Notable locations
Knoxville, Tennessee
Accountant's Office
Notable items
wastebook

