Certification of payment; detachment at Governors Island

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Certification of payment; detachment at Governors Island

Description

Certification that $376.97 is due a detachment of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at Governors island, being the pay and subsistence of the commander, Capt. Frederick Frye, the pay, subsistence, and forage of Surgeon's Mate Samuel Osborne, and the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates, for July 1797.

year created

1797

month created

08

day created

03

sent from location

Accountants Office

recipient

in image

note

Account of Artillerists and Engineers at Governors Island

author note

William Simmons

recipient note

James McHenry

notable person/group

James McHenry
William Simmons
Surgeon's Mate Samuel Osborne
non commissioned officers
privates
Captain Frederick Frye
command
detachment
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
Nicholas Fish
Supervisor New York
officers

notable location

Accountants Office
Governors Island
New York

notable item/thing

pay
subsistence
forage

document number

1797080321252

page start

7

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 pages) DOP01 (431 pages) Collection: Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, Apr 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217) V:B, P:7

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author William Simmons Accountants Office [n/a]
Recipient James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]