Certification of payments; account of the Corps at West Point

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Certification of payments; account of the Corps at West Point

Description

Certification that $2252.82 is due the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point, being for the pay, subsistence, and forage of the commissioned officers and the retained bounties of the non-commissioned officers and privates for January through March 1798.

year created

1798

month created

05

day created

31

sent from location

Accountants Office

recipient

in image

author note

William Simmons

recipient note

James McHenry

notable person/group

James McHenry
William Simmons
Lieutenant Nehemiah Freeman
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
commissioned officers
non commissioned officers
privates
accountant
Secretary of War
temporary paymaster

notable location

West Point
New York
Accountants Office

notable item/thing

bounties
pay
forage
subsistence

document number

1798053121555

page start

173

Transcribe this document

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:173

Document names

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