Questions from Caleb Swan regarding accounts
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Questions from Caleb Swan regarding accounts
Description
Swan asks that Steele give his opinion as Comptroller of Treasury regarding criteria for payments from the Treasury to paymaster of troops. Asks whether paymaster of troops, after transmitting to accountant of War Department, detailed muster rolls, pay rolls, certificates, warrants, receipts, is entitled to credit at Treasury for the amount, or whether this can be delayed by accountant of War Department until sub paymasters have rendered their vouchers. Asks whether paymaster of troops, after submitting sums to commander in chief, are entitled to credit at Treasury for all such sums as have been drawn out of commander in chief of Army.
year created
1798
month created
02
day created
10
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
recipient
in collection
note
Enclosed in Steele to Simmons, 02/13/1798.
author note
Caleb Swan
recipient note
John Steele
notable person/group
John Steele
Caleb Swan
paymaster of troops
accountant of war department
muster rolls
pay rolls
certificates
warrants
receipts
Treasury
War Department
commander in chief of army
notable location
Philadelphia
Treasury
War Department
notable item/thing
muster rolls
pay rolls
certificates
warrants
receipts
notable idea/issue
payment of troops
document number
1798021015001
page start
4
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| [view document] (1 pages) | ZTP09 (4 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | B: 318 |
| [view document] (3 pages) | ZTP09a (3 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | B: 318 |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Citations | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Caleb Swan | Philadelphia | [n/a] |
| Recipient | John Steele | [unknown] | [n/a] |