Certification of payments due detachment at West Point

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Certification of payments due detachment at West Point

Description

Certification that $1303.06 is due a detachment of the Artillerists and Engineers at West Point, being for the pay, subsistence, and forage of the commissioned officers and privates through September 1797.

year created

1797

month created

11

day created

01

sent from location

Accountants Office

recipient

in image

author note

William Simmons

recipient note

James McHenry

notable person/group

James McHenry
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
Nehemiah Freeman
temporary paymaster West Point
detachment
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
accountant
Secretary of War

notable location

Accountants Office
New York
West Point

notable item/thing

pay
subsistence
forage

document number

1797110121055

page start

42

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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:42

Document names

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