Crediting $42.67 to Simon and Elijah House
Document 1801Pays $42.67 credit on the account of the Houses.
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[in the Corps of the [undecipherable] States in the State of [undecipherable]
up to 21 [undecipherable] 1800 — Sam[undecipherable] N[undecipherable].]
Sam'l Hodgson Esqr Accountants Office
Depy Q.M. of Stores February 10. 1801.
Sir
On settlement of the accounts of Elijah
& Simon Hever there have [undecipherable] a credit for the following
articles furnished [undecipherable] [undecipherable] on the order of Capt [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] viz:
Nov: [undecipherable] 32 [undecipherable] Cloth for six [undecipherable] D[ol]: 6.87
[undecipherable] 4 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 3 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] . . 2.39
6 pairs [undecipherable] — 2 camp[undecipherable] [undecipherable] 400 . . 5.28
10 ten [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — 8 New 440 . . 12.4
Amounting to the sum of [undecipherable: probable reading D. 47.67]
for which you will be pleased to make the proper returns
on the Books of this superintendent of [undecipherable] Stores.
Sam'l [undecipherable]
Sam'l Hodgson Esqr February 14. 1801.
Philada:
Sir I have [undecipherable] your account of [undecipherable] months from
1 Nov: to 31 Oct: I observe [undecipherable] done as was [undecipherable] to [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Dept of War. As the [undecipherable] papers of his Office have been continued
it will be necessary that you should [undecipherable] from this Office the
authority on which you [undecipherable] the purchase of the [undecipherable] which
is necessary as a voucher for [undecipherable] the amount —
Sam'l [undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Pays $42.67 credit on the account of the Houses.
Date
02/10/1801
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1801021021855
Page start
387
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
William Simmons
Elijah and Simon House
superintendent military stores
Captain James Stille
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Fort Trumbull
Connecticut
New London
Notable items
settlement
account
credit
bowls
kettles
axes
bed sacks
cloth
books

