Certification of payments due detachment at Governors Island

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Certification of payments due detachment at Governors Island

Description

Certification of payments; $362.32 is due a detachment of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at Governors Island, being the pay and subsistence of the commander, Captain Frederick Frye, the pay, subsistence and forage of Surgeon's Mate Samuel Osborne, and the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates, for September 1797.

year created

1797

month created

10

day created

04

sent from location

Accountants Office

recipient

in image

note

Account of Frederick Frye and detachment.

author note

William Simmons

recipient note

James McHenry

notable person/group

James McHenry
William Simmons
detachment
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
commander
Captain Frederick Frye
Surgeon's Mate Samuel Osborne
non-commissioned officers
privates
accountant
Secretary of War

notable location

Accountants Office
Governors Island
New York

notable item/thing

pay
subsistence

document number

1797100421055

page start

30

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Document instances

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[view document] (2 pages) DOP01 (431 pages) Collection: Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, Apr 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217) V:B, P:30

Document names

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