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 Armstead by Pressley Neville for pay of militia to suppress an insurrection in Pennsylvania. Money was advanced to Armstead by warrants, who then paid Major General Morgan'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 Armstead by Pressley Neville for pay of militia to suppress an insurrection in Pennsylvania.

year created

1797

month created

10

day created

17

sent from location

Accountant's Office

recipient

sent to location

Loudoun County

in image

author note

William Simmons

recipient note

John B. Armstead

notable person/group

John B. Armstead
William Simmons
Colonel Pressley Nevill
Major General Daniel Morgan
Virginia Militia
Treasurer of United States
Congress
receivers of public monies
aide de camp

notable location

Loudoun County
Accountant's Office
Pennsylvania
Virginia

notable item/thing

monies
advance
warrants
account
abstract
expedition
refund
balance
vouchers
examination

notable idea/issue

Insurrection Western Counties Pennsylvania 1794
resolution of congress

document number

1797101722455

page start

354

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Document instances

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[view document] (1 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:354

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author William Simmons Accountant's Office [n/a]
Recipient John B. Armstead Loudoun County [n/a]