[No. 44] Accountant Office Policy
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
[No. 44] Accountant Office Policy
Description
Receipts rolls for troops in upper Ohio area arrived. Summarized office policy on returning receipts and that Colonel Butler still stands charged.
year created
1794
month created
09
day created
19
author
sent from location
Accountants Office
recipient
sent to location
Pittsburgh
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Isaac Craig
Joseph Howell
Colonel Butler
troops
clerk
notable location
Pittsburgh
Accountants Office
upper posts of the Ohio
Ohio RIver
Fort Randolf
Wheeling
notable item/thing
receipts
pay
subsistence
forage
rolls
vouchers
debit
notable idea/issue
returned receipts
document number
1794091927002
page start
1
transcription
No 44
War Department
Accountant Office
November 19th 1794
Sir
I have received your letter of 7th Instant covering your receipt for three thousand give hundred & forty Dollars remitted for the Pay Subsistence & Forage of the troops at the uper posts of the Ohio to the 1st of Octor last, also inclosing the rolls & rects annexed of the detachment, at Fort Randolph for the months of April, May, June & July 1794 The rolls of that post from 1st Augt 1793 to 1st of April 1794 are found to have been transmitted, but were reported at the time I wrote, to wanting by the examining clerk on the supposition that Wheeling & Fort Randolph were two seperate posts. It is not conformably to the rules of Office to return receipts once filed as vouchers for entries in the Book or is it of any importance to the party having receipts for money to be delivered over to an other person as [missing] the transmission of such persons receipts the charge is [illegible]
transfer'd to his debit & the first party in consequence exonerated the above therefore stands charged to you and not to the debit of Colo Butler.
I am Sir Your Obedt Servt.
Joseph Howell
Isaac Craig Esqr
Pittsburg
War Department
Accountant Office
November 19th 1794
Sir
I have received your letter of 7th Instant covering your receipt for three thousand give hundred & forty Dollars remitted for the Pay Subsistence & Forage of the troops at the uper posts of the Ohio to the 1st of Octor last, also inclosing the rolls & rects annexed of the detachment, at Fort Randolph for the months of April, May, June & July 1794 The rolls of that post from 1st Augt 1793 to 1st of April 1794 are found to have been transmitted, but were reported at the time I wrote, to wanting by the examining clerk on the supposition that Wheeling & Fort Randolph were two seperate posts. It is not conformably to the rules of Office to return receipts once filed as vouchers for entries in the Book or is it of any importance to the party having receipts for money to be delivered over to an other person as [missing] the transmission of such persons receipts the charge is [illegible]
transfer'd to his debit & the first party in consequence exonerated the above therefore stands charged to you and not to the debit of Colo Butler.
I am Sir Your Obedt Servt.
Joseph Howell
Isaac Craig Esqr
Pittsburg
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | IAL42 (3 pages) | Collection: James Robertson Papers | IC044 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Joseph Howell | Accountants Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Isaac Craig | Pittsburgh | [n/a] |