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William Simmons letter November 13, 1797

November 13, 1797
Accountant’s Office
William Simmons to James McHenry
Certification that $265.12 is due a detachment of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at Fort Norfolk, being the pay of Captain Richard Blackburn, Lieutenants John Saunders and James Triplett, Cadets Peter Lambkin and Thomas Blackburn, and the non-commissioned officers and privates, for October 1797.

November 13, 1797
Accountant’s Office
William Simmons to Edward Carrington
William Simmons directs Edward Carrington to pay Capt. Richard Blackburn.

November 13, 1797
Accountant’s Office
William Simmons to Richard S. Blackburn
William Simmons explains alterations in the pay rolls submitted by Capt. Blackburn. Simmons also informs Blackburn that Edward Carrington will pay him.

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Papers of the War Department 1784 to 1800

Papers of the War Department is a project of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University with funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Fire destroyed the War Department office in 1800. For decades historians believed that its files, and the window they provide into the early federal government, had been lost forever. This collection unites copies of the lost files in a digital archive that reconstitutes this invaluable historical resource.