Record Needed for Settling Smith's Account, Etc.
Document 1801Hodgdon should already have received the amount of his salary account. Simmons calls attention to the postscript of his recent letter with a copy of the report of the Secretary of War respec ting cartouche boxes.Since the records of Simmons' office have been destroyed, Mr. Smith's account is suspended for want of that document.
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[Postal stamp: JAN [undecipherable]]
[Docket: William Simmons / [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] 14 / [undecipherable]]
Samuel Hodgdon
Superintendent of Military Stores
[Philadelphia]
[Receive from State Dep Nov. 2[undecipherable] R.P.O.401810.]
Department of War
Accountants Office
January 10th [year]
Sir
I [undecipherable] your letter [of] the 6: Inst. The amount of your Salary account you will no doubt have received before this comes to h[and].
Permit me to call your attention to [a] Postscript of my letter to you dated the 20th Novr last [requesting] a copy of your Report to the Secretary of War on [undecipherable] of Cartouche Boxes, as the Records of the office are destroyed. - Mr Smith's account being suspended for want of that document.
I am
Sir
Your obt Servt
[Signature: undecipherable]
Samuel Hodgdon Esq:
Superintendent [of Military Stores]
Philadelphia
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Hodgdon should already have received the amount of his salary account. Simmons calls attention to the postscript of his recent letter with a copy of the report of the Secretary of War respec ting cartouche boxes.Since the records of Simmons' office have been destroyed, Mr. Smith's account is suspended for want of that document.
Date
01/10/1801
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Department of War, Accountant's Office
Document number
1801011021001
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
William Simmons
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Department of War, Accountant's Office