Furnishing the Accounts of Samuel Lewis and Confirming the Balance due the United States
Document 1801The account of Samuel Lewis; balance due the United States of $2648.40
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Danl Stevens Esqr
Supervisor Charleston
Accountant's Office
February 4th 1800
Sir
You will receive from the Treasurer of the United States the sum of thirty two dollars & 32/100 to be paid to Freneau & Paine Printers, being the amount of their account for printing General Orders to absent Officers & frauds respecting the obtaining of Warrants for bounty funds between April 1797 & February 1798 for which sum you will please to take their duplicate receipts —
Samde
W.S.
" The Honble
Mr. Grun in
Senate — Sir
February 7th 1801
Agreeably to your request I furnish a statement of the accounts of Jams Lewis Jr as they appear on the Books of this Office.
Balance due The United States & Statement furnished the late Secretary of War dated 19 Febry 1800 . . . . Dr 4686.7[undecipherable]
since which the following sums have been entered to his credit —
May 15. 1800 Refunded to the Treasurer g Warrant
No 115 . . . . 1686.—
Payment made to John Stale for
Services as a Boatman at Fort Mifflin 64.—
June 30 . . . Refunded to the Treasurer g Wart
No 119 . . . . 129.48.
Ditto . . . Ditto . . . 164.84
July 20 . . . Ditto . . . Ditto . . . 2038.32
Balance due The United States . . . Dolls . . . 2648.4[undecipherable]
arising principally from Public monies placed in his hands to transmit to Public Officers & others — which he omitted in some cases to perform —
The amount of monies received by him for transmitting is Totel 316981.31. — Samde
W.S.
" Saml Hodgdon Esqr
Intendt of Stores —
Accountant's Office
February 7th 1801 —
Sir
On settlement of the Accounts of Alexr Humphreys Contractor Virginia he has received a credit for the following sums expended in the erection of 27 Huts for the accommodation of the Recruits at Staunton Rendez[vous] agreeably to the Certificate of Capt A Gibson & the orders of General Hamilton —
For 1566 logs @ 33⅓ Cts each . . . . . . . $522.—
" 44 Trees . . . — — — — — — — — 88.—
Stone for 26 Chimnies @ 1 Dr — — . . . 26.—
" 14990 feet fine plank . . . . . — — — — 199.86½
303.34
" transportation of the above materials . . . .
Amounting to the sum of — — Dollars 1139.20½
for which you will please make the proper entries on the Books of the Superintendant of Military Stores — Samde
W.S.
P.S. Those Huts are still standing on the lands of Capt Gibson from whose information it appears no persons have been appointed on behalf of the public to preserve them from ruin or to direct their disposal. I mention this for your government and the interest of the public — the expence of erecting those huts is also considerable —
W.S.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
The account of Samuel Lewis; balance due the United States of $2648.40
Date
02/07/1801
Author
Recipient
Document number
1801020721255
Page start
380
Notable persons
Green
William Simmons
John Steele
treasurer
boatman
Samuel Lewis
Notable locations
Fort Mifflin
Notable items
books
statement
accounts
warrant
services
public monies


