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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons requests that Barber send copies of receipt rolls from 1792 for his accounting purposes.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons directs Underwood to provide verification of the contract price of a ration.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons informs Shoemaker to expect payment from John Kilty.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons authorizes Carrington to make payment to Ensign Meriwether Lewis.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons informs Gibbs to expect payment from Jonathan Jackson.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons authorizes Jackson to make payments to Caleb Gibbs and George Claghorn.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons informs Claghorn to expect payment from Jonathan Jackson.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons informs Nicholson to expect payment from Jonathan Jackson after the price of naval rations is fixed by the Secretary at War.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons authorizes Jackson to make payment to Capt. Nicholson.
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  Certification of payments; pay of Private Richard Oliver

  Certification that $10.70 is due Private Richard Oliver, late of Captain Edward Butler's Company, 4th Regiment, being his pay from June 1, 1795 to August 21, 1795, following the day his term of service expired.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons informs Dyson to expect payment from John Kilty.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons informs Lewis to expect payment from Edward Carrington.

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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons authorizes Kilty to make payment to Lts. Dyson and Shoemaker.

• Major Hamtramck's Debit

  Major Hamtramck stands debited on the books of the Treasury for $250 advanced to him by Arthur St. Clair. Steele has transferred this debit to the books of the Accountant of the War Department so Hamtramck's account should be resolved by him with that office. Nouse is asked to close Hamtramck's account with suitable entries and to furnish Steele with a certificate so that the sum may be placed to Hamtramck's debit on the accountant's books.
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  Puzzling References in the Latest Correspondence

  Winthrop explains that since he does not file his letters to Hodgdon, he does not know what Hodgdon is referring to in his latest letter. Is it about the big trunk and the articles that were to have been added therein?
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  Recruiting Concluded, Receipt Rolls Included

  Recruiting at post concluded, current recruits paid and remanded to Capt. Frye. All troops paid excepting Sergent Welton who was discharged. Hale to take a leave of absence from New York for Portland, Maine.
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  Quantity Seems Extravagant

  Hodgdon admonishes that Col. Henley's request for stationery seems extravagant. He should be supplied with half the amount he requested.
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  A Complete Statement May Be Made

  Hodgdon assures McHenry that, if it is necessary, a complete statement can be made, based on what has been collected.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons forwards to Duvall a copy of the payroll of the Harrison County Militia.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons informs Dayton that his receipts for bounties paid have arrived.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons informs Miller that his receipts for bounties paid have arrived.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons informs Boote that his receipts for bounties paid have come to hand.
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  Letter from the Accountant of the War Department

  Simmons informs Polhemus of the balance he owes to the U.S. Treasury.
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  Certification of payments; pay of Kentucky Militia

  Certification that $486.32 is due the three detachments of militia called out by Governor Shelby under the powers vested in him by the Secretary of War for the protection of Washington County Kentucky, and commanded by Ensign Thomas Cull, Lt. John Haydens, and Lt. George Ewing.