Simmons Informs Darling That No Pay May Be Received After a Resignation is Submitted
Document 1800Simmons received a letter from Darling dated the 5th of September which suggested that Darling felt he deserved pay after submitting his resignation. Simmons notes that his resignation was accepted on the 21st of January, and there were no situations where an officer received pay after having submitted his resignation and having it approved, and thus Darling does not warrant any additional pay.
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George Harrison Esqr
agent to the Estate of the
late Purveyor — Ph.
Accountants Office
September 18th 1800
Sir
I have this day received a Packet conta[ining] sundry accounts, & vouchers of the late Purveyor Tench Francis bearing your signature as Agent, under date of the 9 Inst. unaccompanied however by any letter from you on the subje[ct]. They will be placed under examination, & you will be infor[med] of the result.
I am &c
W.S.
Major Timothy Darling
Hopkinton near Concord. N.H.
Septemr 18th 1800
Sir
I have received your letter of the 5 Inst. and on enquiry at the War Office I find your resignation was accepted the 21 January 1800, I know of no instance of an officer receiving pay after he had resigned & his resigna[tion] accepted, therefore cannot undertake to direct any extension of your pay after that period.
I am &c
W.S.
The Secretary of War
September 20th 18[00]
Sir
Enclosed I hand you Estimates of the sum nec[essary] for the ensuing year, to pay the Salary of the Accountant of the War Department, Clerks & messenger, employed in his Offi[ce] and of the Contingencies thereof, amounting to Eleven thousand eight hundred & fifty dollars.
I am &c
W.S.
Estimate of the sum necessary for the Salary of the accountant of the War Department, Clerks & messenger in his Office, and for the Contingent expenses of his Office for the Year 1801 —
Salary of the accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drs 2000.—
Do: of one Principal & other Clerks . . . . 8500.—
Do. of Messenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.—
Contingencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1000.—
Dolls 11850.—
Department of War
Accountants Office
Sept. 20th 1800
W.S.
Capt. James Reed
Millerstown Pennsa
Accountants Office
Sept. 19th 1800
Sir
I have received your letter of the 14 Sept. inst. with an account and sundry papers enclosed which I now inclose to you with the following observations — It appears that on the 21 April 1800, you attended the settlement of your acco[unt] at Philada. for Contingencies amounting to Drs 350 7/100, the same was not fully supported by vouchers but [strikethrough: was] admitted on your making depositions that the same was justly due to you from the U.S., it was supposed at that time that the account exhibited and attested to by you embraced all the just demand you had against the U States for Contingencies, the account now exhibited is said to be for expenditures previous to that settlement & the vouchers produced are in many respects insufficient I am therefore of opini[on] that the whole of the charges now made are inadmissible.
I am &c [signature cut off]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons received a letter from Darling dated the 5th of September which suggested that Darling felt he deserved pay after submitting his resignation. Simmons notes that his resignation was accepted on the 21st of January, and there were no situations where an officer received pay after having submitted his resignation and having it approved, and thus Darling does not warrant any additional pay.
Date
09/18/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800091821255
Page start
260
Notable persons
Major Timothy Darling
William Simmons
officer
Notable locations
Hopkinton, near Concord, New Hampshire
Accountant's Office
war office
Notable items
pay
resignation
officer pay

