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William Simmons letter December 22, 1797

December 22, 1797
Accountant’s Office
William Simmons to John Saunders
William Simmons informs Lt. Saunders that William Hughes' receipt was received and credited.

December 22, 1797
Accountant’s Office
William Simmons to William Barnwell
William Simmons informs William Barnwell that his forage account cannot be settled.

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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.