Account Information, Concerns Regarding Spies
Item
Type
Autograph Letter / Autograph Document Signed
Title
Account Information, Concerns Regarding Spies
Description
Accountant Freeman informs Simmons of all of the pay issues that are his responsibility. He is matching receipts with vouchers and encloses a number of pay rolls and muster rolls. He is concerned with the oath that spies were supposed to have taken to verify their pay status and plans to visit Philadelphia to resolve all of his accounts.
year created
1796
month created
05
day created
25
author
sent from location
Savannah
recipient
sent to location
Philadelphia
notable person/group
Constant Freeman
William Simmons
Wylie, paymaster of the militia
President of the United States
spies and posts
Secretary of War
the late Col. Dorsey
Gen. Blackburne
Brig. General Clarke
Ensign McCall
regular troops
dragoons
Capt. Randolph
Indians
Mr. McCall
subalterns
Col. Gaither
notable location
Savannah
Hancock County
frontiers
Fort Defence
Fort Gordon
Forts Carnes and Habersham
War Office
St. Mary's
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
money
vouchers
receipt rolls
oaths
depositions as to the services they actually performed
garrisons
stoppages
rations of provisions and forage
balance of my account current
my salary
contingencies
muster roll
pay roll
horse
document number
1796052570010
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (5 pages) | YWQ02 (5 pages) | Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) | B:18 |
| [view document] (4 pages) | YWQ02a (4 pages) | Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) | B:18 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Constant Freeman | Savannah | [n/a] |
| Recipient | William Simmons | Philadelphia | [n/a] |