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 Stuart by Presley Nevill for pay of militia to suppress an insurrection in Pennsylvania. Money was advanced to Stuart by warrants, who then paid troops of Virginia militia under his command. Simmons gave specific details on the appropriate manner to file account.

year created

1797

month created

10

day created

17

sent from location

Accountant's Office

recipient

sent to location

King George County, Dumfries PO

in image

author note

William Simmons

recipient note

Charles Stuart

notable person/group

Charles Stuart
William Simmons
Colonel Presley Nevill
treasurer
paymaster general
Virginia Militia
troops
command

notable location

King George County, Dumfries PO
Accountant's Office
Virginia
Western Pennsylvania

notable item/thing

refund
balance
warrants
monies
pay
insurrection
account
settlement
abstract
Whiskey Rebellion

document number

1797101723655

page start

368

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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:368

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author William Simmons Accountant's Office [n/a]
Recipient Charles Stuart King George County, Dumfries PO [n/a]