Request for Account Information
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Request for Account Information
Description
Habersham's account for mounting artillery contained information on Daniel DeSaussure. Account stated DeSaussure received credit of $500.00 for a bill on Josiah Smith. No account of Smith existed in War Office or in Treasury records. Simmons doesn't know whom to credit, he requested information relative to the sum in question.
year created
1797
month created
10
day created
19
author
sent from location
Accountant's Office
recipient
sent to location
Savannah, Georgia
in collection
in image
author note
William Simmons
recipient note
John Habersham
notable person/group
John Habersham
William Simmons
Daniel DeSaussure
Josiah Smith
Treasury
notable location
Savannah, Georgia
Accountant's Office
notable item/thing
account
mounting artillery
bill
book
credit
sum
examination
document number
1797101921255
page start
432
Item sets
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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:432 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | William Simmons | Accountant's Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | John Habersham | Savannah, Georgia | [n/a] |