Request for Account Information or Refund to Joseph O'Bannon, late a Captain of Virginia militia cavalry
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Request for Account Information or Refund to Joseph O'Bannon, late a Captain of Virginia militia cavalry
Description
Simmons urgently requests account details regarding monies advanced to O'Bannon by Presley Nevill for pay of militia to suppress an insurrection in Pennsylvania. Money was advanced to O'Bannon by warrants, who then paid troops of Virginia militia cavalry under his command. 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
Fauquier
in collection
in image
author note
William Simmons
recipient note
Joseph O'Bannon
notable person/group
Joseph O'Bannon
William Simmons
Presley Nevill
paymaster general
Virginia militia cavalry
congress
United States Treasurer
War Office
Accountant's Office
United States Treasurer
notable location
Fauquier County
Virginia
Western Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Accountant's Office
War Office
notable item/thing
accounts
vouchers
receipts
monies
warrants
settlement
expedition
examine
abstract
notable idea/issue
insurrection western Pennsylvania 1794
resolution of congress
document number
1797101723555
page start
367
transcription
Mr. Joseph O'Bannon Late Capt. of a Comp. of Virg. Militia, Fauquier County
Accountants Office October 17th, 1797
Sir.
In an abstract of monies advanced by Presley N* [edge of page] evill Paymaster General to the Militia called out to suppress a* [edge of page] insurrection in the western counties of Pennsylvania in the ye** [edge of page] 1794 you stand charged with a sum of money paid to you b* [edge of page] him pursuant to a warrant in your favor being for the * [edge of page] of a Company of Virginia Militia commanded by you an* [edge of page] employed in said expedition; and as no vouchers have hither [edge of page] been transmitted to this Office to exonerate you from this [edge of page] advance I have to request your immediate attention in* [edge of page] rondering such as you actually possess or can speedily procure, pr* [edge of page] perly stated and in case of a deficiency to refund the balance [edge of page] remaining unaccounted for in your hands to the Treasurer of t* [edge of page] United States.
I am under the necessity to be the more urg* [edge of page] in requesting your immediate attention to this object in [edge of page] consequence of a Resolution of Congress of the [indecipherable] March las* [edge of page] directing me to furnish an abstract of the names of all the [edge of page] receivers of public monies unaccounted for, by the first we** [edge of page] in January next.
Col. Nevill the Paymaster General has been furn* [edge of page] with directions to attend to the final settlement of a* [edge of page] accounts relative to that expedition and is to attend accor* [edge of page] on the 15th Nov. next before which time I hope your account [edge of page] vouchers will be regularly furnished & examined in this [edge of page] Office & the amount paid by you passed to its proper acco* [edge of page] in the aforementioned abstract to be furnished to Congress.
I am &
Wm Simmons Acct
Accountants Office October 17th, 1797
Sir.
In an abstract of monies advanced by Presley N* [edge of page] evill Paymaster General to the Militia called out to suppress a* [edge of page] insurrection in the western counties of Pennsylvania in the ye** [edge of page] 1794 you stand charged with a sum of money paid to you b* [edge of page] him pursuant to a warrant in your favor being for the * [edge of page] of a Company of Virginia Militia commanded by you an* [edge of page] employed in said expedition; and as no vouchers have hither [edge of page] been transmitted to this Office to exonerate you from this [edge of page] advance I have to request your immediate attention in* [edge of page] rondering such as you actually possess or can speedily procure, pr* [edge of page] perly stated and in case of a deficiency to refund the balance [edge of page] remaining unaccounted for in your hands to the Treasurer of t* [edge of page] United States.
I am under the necessity to be the more urg* [edge of page] in requesting your immediate attention to this object in [edge of page] consequence of a Resolution of Congress of the [indecipherable] March las* [edge of page] directing me to furnish an abstract of the names of all the [edge of page] receivers of public monies unaccounted for, by the first we** [edge of page] in January next.
Col. Nevill the Paymaster General has been furn* [edge of page] with directions to attend to the final settlement of a* [edge of page] accounts relative to that expedition and is to attend accor* [edge of page] on the 15th Nov. next before which time I hope your account [edge of page] vouchers will be regularly furnished & examined in this [edge of page] Office & the amount paid by you passed to its proper acco* [edge of page] in the aforementioned abstract to be furnished to Congress.
I am &
Wm Simmons Acct
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [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:367 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | William Simmons | Accountant's Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Joseph O'Bannon | Fauquier | [n/a] |