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Enclosed Accounts Current with Request for Information on Supplying Troops
06/04/1796 Autograph Letter SignedAccounts current enclosed, Simmons requested to be notified if troops need to be supplied.
Anthony Wayne Papers
Enclosed Accounts Current
11/30/1796 Autograph Letter SignedFreeman enclosed accounts current, vouchers,and receipt rolls.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Enclosed Accounts Current
10/03/1796 Autograph Letter SignedAccounts current enclosed. Money already paid to Captain Littlefield.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Enclosed Accounts and Vouchers
02/20/1796 LetterbookEncloses to the Auditor of the Treasury the account of Capt. George Fleming at West Point, along with sundry vouchers. Fleming's account includes purchases of firewood for the Corps of Artillerists & …
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Enclosed Accounts and S. Larkins Bill for Stationery
07/04/1796 Autograph Letter SignedQuincy encloses his account for salary and a bill from Samuel Larkin for stationery.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Enclosed Accounts and Request for Information for his Mother
11/30/1796 Autograph Letter SignedGreaton encloses accounts for November for himself and his servant. He conveys a request from his mother for information on how to receive lands due her late husband.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Enclosed Accounts
10/03/1796 Autograph Letter SignedGibbs encloses his accounts for the last quarter. He asks for the money as soon as possible, as he has a family to support.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Enclosed Accounts
03/30/1796 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed account of pay for the clerk of the Navy, requested orders for payment to be sent by the next post.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Enclosed Account of Bounty Advanced to John Garrett
11/10/1796 Autograph Letter SignedBounty advanced to John Garrett for enlistment, account enclosed. Requested sum be forwarded to West Point or New York City.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Enclosed Account Information
02/23/1796 LetterbookEncloses a copy of the account of articles furnished by Eleazer Williams.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Enclosed Account for Salary
10/03/1796 Autograph Letter SignedQuincy encloses his accounts for salary up to September 30, 1796.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Enclosed Account for Commission Monies
03/27/1796 Autograph Letter SignedMathews sends his account for commissions on monies received and paid.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Enclosed Account
05/12/1796 Autograph Letter SignedAccount information for pay, Colonel William Lyman to receive money for Bryant.
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Employment, Hiring, and Pay Policies
02/07/1796 Autograph Letter SignedRochefontaine differed with policy of Simmons on the hiring of officers, soldiers, and servants along with the chain of command. Rochefontaine also objected to the money withheld from recruits. …
Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217)
Employing More Hands, Etc.
07/29/1796 Autograph Letter SignedAmes has located a vessel on which he will send the musket pattern. He asks permission to employ four more hands which will enable him to keep the work going and make the business more systematic. A …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Embarrassment in Not Closing Accounts
01/30/1796 Autograph Letter SignedLack of efficiency in responses bemoaned. Craig seeking to close his accounts by the end of last year. Craig hoped to travel to Philadelphia but does not have any money to do so.
James Robertson Papers
Electors of President and Vice President for Maryland, Etc.
10/18/1796 Letter SignedSince Bright was enlisted for three years, and not during the war, he is not entitled to land. Enclosed is Howard's warrant for five hundred dollars for which a receipt is required. Who are likely to …
Special Collections, MSA SC 1407. McHenry Collection, M11697.- No image
Election Favorites
12/02/1796 Printed DocumentInclosed Governor's Address printed in Green's paper. Pennsylvania ticket in favor of Jefferson, some say Adams will be elected by a majority of 6 votes. McHenry doesn't believe an election will be …
Printed Versions 
Elected official not Representing his Electorate
05/01/1796 Autograph Letter SignedJames Winchester writes of an unnamed politician who is acting in opposition to the desire of the electorate. There is a committee that has called upon him to explain his reasoning. He is creating …
James McHenry Papers
Education of Two Creek Lads, John Durant and Richard Bailey
01/16/1796 Author's Letterbook CopySimmons certifies that $238.86 is due John Stagg, Jr. being the balance of expenses for the education of John Durant and Richard Bailey, two Indian lads of the Creek Nation, for April through December …
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Edmund Quincy's salary
10/12/1796 Author's Letterbook CopyNotifies Quincy that the money for his quarterly salary was transmitted to Joshua Wentworth, federal supervisor in New Hampshire.
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)
Edmund Quincy's salary
07/12/1796 Author's Letterbook CopyNotifies Quincy that he will receive the money for his salary and Samuel Larkins' purchase claim from Joshua Wentworth, federal supervisor at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)
Edmund Quincy submission of returns for February 1796; includes Contractors' receipts from James Hackett
03/07/1796 Autograph Letter SignedFrom Portsmouth New Hampshire, Quincey submits returns for month of February 1796 to include James Hackett's constructor receipts for articles delivered.
Second Congress: Reports and Communications Submitted to the Senate by the Secretary of the Treasury [2A-F2] (RG46)
Edmund Quincey's salary
07/12/1796 Author's Letterbook CopyDirects Wentworth to pay Edmund Quincey's (clerk of the Portsmouth Navy Yard) salary and a purchase claim
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)
Ebenezer Sproat's Account
04/30/1796 Author's Letterbook CopyDiscusses the settlement of Sproat's account.
Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217)
