Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

Description

Simmons provides Vischer with instructions on how to manage accounts in the Quartermaster Department.

year created

1799

month created

11

day created

12

recipient

sent to location

Niagara

in image

note

Cited in Simmons to Vischer, 02/18/1800; Cited in Simmons to Vischer, 05/24/1800.

cited note

Cited document sent from the War Office

notable person/group

Lieutenant Nanning J. Vischer
William Simmons
merchants
Doctor Coffin
Secretary of War
quarter masters department
soldiers
quarter master

notable location

New York
accountant's office
Niagara

notable item/thing

payment
claims
abstracts
certificates
vouchers
examination
entry
expenditure
money
abstracts
certificate
bills

document number

1799111221055

page start

407

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Document instances

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[view document] (534 pages) YRS01 (534 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217) V: F, P: 407-409

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author William Simmons [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient Nanning J. Vischer Niagara [n/a]