Information on the Pay of Navy

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Information on the Pay of Navy

Description

Turner requested information on the cost of equipment and vessels built prior to the Navy Department. Simmons replied that the only record his Office hold was of payment of pay and subsistence of the Navy, incidental, and contingent expenses, none of which Simmons felt pertained to Turner's request.

year created

1800

month created

03

day created

21

sent from location

Accountant's Office

recipient

sent to location

Navy Department

in image

author note

William Simmons

recipient note

Thomas Turner

notable person/group

Thomas Turner
William Simmons
accountant of navy department
Navy Department
constructors of frigates
Treasury Department

notable location

Navy Department
Accountant's Office

notable item/thing

vessels
incidental and contingent expenses
pay and subsistence of navy
books
expenditure

document number

1800032121055

page start

46

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Document instances

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[view document] (1 pages) YLA01 (404 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Letters Sent by the Accountant of the War Department and the Second Auditor, Apr 14, 1795-May 5, 1886. (RG217) V: G, P: 46

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author William Simmons Accountant's Office [n/a]
Recipient Thomas Turner Navy Department [n/a]