Request for Account Information or Refund; Captain Thomas Sandford
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Request for Account Information or Refund; Captain Thomas Sandford
Description
Simmons urgently requests account details regarding monies advanced to Sandford by Presley Neville for pay of militia to suppress an insurrection in Pennsylvania. Money was advanced to Sanford by warrants, who then paid his militia cavalry regiment from Virginia. Simmons gave specific details on the appropriate manner to file account.
year created
1797
month created
10
day created
17
author
sent from location
Accountant's Office
recipient
sent to location
Dumfries Post Office
in collection
in image
author note
William Simmons
recipient note
Thomas Sandford
notable person/group
Thomas Sandford
William Simmons
Virginia Militia Cavalry
Colonel Presley Nevill, Paymaster General
Treasurer of United States
Congress
troop
receivers of public monies
notable location
Dumfries Post Office
Accountant's Office
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Western Counties of Pennsylvania
notable item/thing
resolution of congress
account
pay roll
receipts
balance
settlement
expedition
examination
insurrection western Pennsylvania
notable idea/issue
Insurrection of Western Pennsylvania1794
Resolution of Congress
document number
1797101722255
page start
351
