Request for Account Information or Refund
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Request for Account Information or Refund
Description
Simmons urgently requests account details regarding monies advanced to Chambers by Pressley Neville for pay of militia to suppress an insurrection in Pennsylvania. Money was advanced to Chambers by warrants, who then paid Colonel Cressap's Regiment from Virginia. Simmons gave specific details on the appropriate manner to file account.
short description
Simmons requests account details regarding monies advanced to Chambers by Pressley Neville for pay of militia.
year created
1797
month created
10
day created
17
author
sent from location
Accountant's Office
recipient
sent to location
Staunton
in collection
in image
author note
William Simmons
recipient note
William Chambers
notable person/group
William Chambers
William Simmons
Colonel Daniel Cressap
Virginia Militia
Treasurer of United States
Colonel Pressley Nevill Paymaster General
Regiment
receivers of public monies
notable location
Staunton Virginia
Accountant's Office
Pennsylvania
notable item/thing
account
monies
advance
pay
file
deficiency
expenditures
pay roll
receipt
balance
unappropriated
settlement
vouchers
examination
notable idea/issue
Insurrection in the counties of western Pennsylvania 1794
Resolution of Congress
document number
1797101722355
page start
352
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Document instances
| 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:352 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | William Simmons | Accountant's Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | William Chambers | Staunton | [n/a] |