Update on Accounts and Payment
Document 1800William Crafts received credit to account. Updates on account of Major Constant Freeman also made, Simmons requested Hodgdon make the appropriate changes to the books of the Superintendent of Military Stores.
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Accounted for as follows Aug.
To the amount suspended on last Settlement being for
Commissions charg'd by him, not finally Settleable,
or being credited for the former commission
as per before ........................................................ $1472.27
Is the distilled being for the commission charg'd
by him ............................................................. $1463.11
To the amount added in the aggregate
amount of his General Address ...... [undecipherable]
By amount of Commissions allowed him
as [paid?] by the [Sec?] of War ............... [undecipherable]
To [undecipherable] being the amount of money
transmitted to him to be [paid?]
to this [Acc't?] on account of his [trans]actions
with D Fayssoux late Agent for cashing
certain Certificates on [Phila?] office, dated
1 July 179[?] @ 19[?] ............................ [undecipherable]
on $36[undecipherable].34 being the [excess?] of his
appropriations on acc't of the Cap't of War
up to the 30 April 1800 @ 2½ p[er] C[en]t p[er] y[ea]r ........ 418.95
Sam'l Hodgdon Esq'
[undecipherable] of M. S. [undecipherable] Accountants Office
August 30 1800
Sir
William Craig Esqt Agent of the War Dept
at Charleston &co. has received a credit in
the books of this office from Mead with data
as stated by Major General Knox for sums
furnished for the use of [undecipherable] & Johnston
by order of General [undecipherable] &co.
Paid for a Mast for Fort Moultrie .............. $128
do ................. for Fort Johnston ........... 192
3 [undecipherable] Knees and [undecipherable] .................. 21
Making & [undecipherable] of Mast Rails, Rope &c ............ 29
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
William Crafts received credit to account. Updates on account of Major Constant Freeman also made, Simmons requested Hodgdon make the appropriate changes to the books of the Superintendent of Military Stores.
Date
08/30/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800083021655
Page start
240
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
William Simmons
superintendent military stores
Major Constant Freeman
William Crafts
General Pinckney
agent war department
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Accountant's Office
Charleston South Carolina
Fort Moultrie
Fort Johnston
Notable items
credit
books
ravens duck
sails
rope
suits

