Simmons Requests that Tousard Make a Receipt More Explicit and Test Delivered Cannon

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Simmons Requests that Tousard Make a Receipt More Explicit and Test Delivered Cannon

Description

Simmons requests that Lt. Colonel Tousard make more explicit the receipt he wrote for the cannon furnished by William Lane and William Saltar. Simmons also asks Tousard to test the cannon to ensure their quality.

year created

1801

month created

01

day created

14

sent from location

Accountant's Office

recipient

in image

author note

William Simmons

recipient note

Lieutenant Colonel Lewis Tousard

notable person/group

Lt Col Lewis Tousard
William Simmons
William Lane
William Saltar
2nd Regiment Artillerists and Engineers
contractor

notable location

Accountant's Office
Philadelphia

notable item/thing

cannon
receipt
receipt
credit
account
experiments
proving
contract
books

document number

1801011421055

page start

350

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[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: 350

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author William Simmons Accountant's Office [n/a]
Recipient Lewis Tousard [unknown] [n/a]