Request for Account Information or Refund to Lynn Shackleford, late paymaster Colonel Hunter's Regiment Virginia Militia, employed in suppression of insurrection, western Pennsylvania 1794
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Request for Account Information or Refund to Lynn Shackleford, late paymaster Colonel Hunter's Regiment Virginia Militia, employed in suppression of insurrection, western Pennsylvania 1794
Description
Simmons urgently requests account details regarding monies advanced to Shackleford by Presley Neville for pay of militia to suppress an insurrection in western Pennsylvania 1794. Money was advanced to Shackleford by warrants, who then paid Col. Hunter's regiment from Virginia. Simmons gave specific details on the appropriate manner to file account.
year created
1797
month created
10
day created
17
author
sent from location
Accountant's Office
recipient
sent to location
Toddsbridge Post Office
in collection
in image
author note
William Simmons
recipient note
Lynn Shackleford
notable person/group
Lynn Shackleford
William Simmons
Virginia militia
War Office
Accountant's Office
Congress
Treasurer United States
Colonel Nevill
paymaster general
Presley Nevill
Neville
notable location
Toddsbridge Post Office
Accountant's Office
western Pennsylvania
Treasury Department
War Office
Philadelphia
Virginia
Congress
notable item/thing
warrants
monies
accounts
vouchers
pay
balance
pay rolls
settlement
expedition
notable idea/issue
monies unaccounted for
insurrection western Pennsylvania 1794
document number
1797101722155
page start
350
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| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | YOQ01 (446 pages) | Collection: Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217) | V:C; P:350-351 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | William Simmons | Accountant's Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Lynn Shackleford | Toddsbridge Post Office | [n/a] |