Rules Regarding Payment of Women
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Rules Regarding Payment of Women
Description
Simmons assured Williams that it was proper for husbands to sign for their wives' paychecks for services performed at the armoury. Proper documentation must accompany the payment.
year created
1800
month created
05
day created
10
author
recipient
sent to location
Springfield, Massachusetts
in collection
in image
author note
William Simmons
recipient note
Joseph Williams
notable person/group
Joseph Williams
William Simmons
wives
husbands
paymaster
storekeeper
notable location
Springfield, Massachusetts
armory
notable item/thing
services
vouchers
payment
pay
accounts
charge
payroll
notable idea/issue
women in war department
document number
1800051021155
page start
136
transcription
May 10th 1800
Mr. Joseph Williams
Pay master Store Keeper
Springfield MS
Sir
I have received your letter of the 29th ulto and have noted its contents, - There will be no impropriety in permitting the Husbands to sign for their wives, when so expressed for services performed at the armory, but in all other cases the vouchers must be complete, so that payments must be made, either to the invididuals themselves or to their written order. For the convenience of absent armourers they might leave duplicate orders on you for their Pay one of which will be a necessary voucher to accompany the charge in your accounts; the other may be retained for your own security.
[page] 137.
Should it so happen that any of the armourers do not receive their pay before you close your quarterly accounts, the amount so due must be deducted from the Pay rolls & the same charged when paid, altho' it is expedient & proper that their pay should be settled before your accounts are made up - no reference to this office for payment can be permitted; & I presume that the mode I have suggested will answer every purpose.
I am &c
WS
Mr. Joseph Williams
Pay master Store Keeper
Springfield MS
Sir
I have received your letter of the 29th ulto and have noted its contents, - There will be no impropriety in permitting the Husbands to sign for their wives, when so expressed for services performed at the armory, but in all other cases the vouchers must be complete, so that payments must be made, either to the invididuals themselves or to their written order. For the convenience of absent armourers they might leave duplicate orders on you for their Pay one of which will be a necessary voucher to accompany the charge in your accounts; the other may be retained for your own security.
[page] 137.
Should it so happen that any of the armourers do not receive their pay before you close your quarterly accounts, the amount so due must be deducted from the Pay rolls & the same charged when paid, altho' it is expedient & proper that their pay should be settled before your accounts are made up - no reference to this office for payment can be permitted; & I presume that the mode I have suggested will answer every purpose.
I am &c
WS
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 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: 136-137 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | William Simmons | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Joseph Williams | Springfield, Massachusetts | [n/a] |