Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

Description

Simmons provides a balance of Crary's accounts as agent of fortifications at New Port. This letter encloses a statement of differences.

year created

1799

month created

12

day created

24

recipient

sent to location

New Port, Rhode Island

in image

note

The account charts in this document are dated 12/23/1799.
Cited in Simmons to Creary, 12/27/1799.

cited note

Cited document sent from the War Office

notable person/group

Archibald Crary
William Simmons
Lewis Tousard
William Peck
Cadet Wilson
William Fletcher
Seth Presley
J. L. Boss
Lieutenant Ross
Nathan Hammitt
Benjamin Hammitt
laborers
agent war department
agent fortifications
Creary

notable location

New Port, Rhode Island
Furnace Hope
accountant office

notable item/thing

vouchers
examination
horses
labor
cannon
statement
books
pay
balance
overcharge
pay roll
cannon
freight
bill

document number

1799122421055

page start

456

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[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: 456-458
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Citations [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author William Simmons [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient Archibald Creary New Port, Rhode Island [n/a]