Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

Description

Simmons informs Freeman to expect payment from Nicholas Fish.

year created

1798

month created

06

day created

27

sent from location

Accountant's Office

recipient

sent to location

West Point, New York

in image

author note

William Simmons

recipient note

Lieutenant Nehemiah Freeman

notable person/group

Lieutenant Nehemiah Freeman
William Simmons
temporary paymaster West Point
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
non commissioned officers
privates
garrison at West Point
Jeremiah Bright
Lieutenant Dayton
Jacob Baker
artificer
Charlotte Holcomb
matron of garrison hospital
commanding officer
surgeon of garrison
sick

notable location

West Point, New York
Accountant's Office

notable item/thing

women in war department
pay
forage
bounty
discharge
receipt
muster roll
recapitulation
certificate
attending sick
usefully employed
pay roll

document number

1798062721955

page start

418

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Document instances

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[view document] (539 pages) YPU01 (539 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217) V: D, P: 418

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author William Simmons Accountant's Office [n/a]
Recipient Nehemiah Freeman West Point, New York [n/a]