Certification of payment; Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Certification of payment; Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point

Description

Certification that $1026.42 is due the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point, being the pay and forage of the officers, and the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates, for July 1797.

year created

1797

month created

08

day created

16

sent from location

Accountants Office

recipient

in image

note

Pay to Nehemiah Freeman
no physical copy of this letter exists in PWD records.

author note

William Simmons

recipient note

James McHenry

notable person/group

James McHenry
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
supervisor of New York
Nehemiah Freeman
Temporary paymaster West Point
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point
officers
non-commissioned officers
privates
accountant
Secretary of War

notable location

Accountants Office
West Point
New York

notable item/thing

pay
forage

document number

1797081621052

page start

14

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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:14

Document names

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