Payment of Captain Staats Morris
Document 1795Simmons certifies that the sum of $375.34 is due Captain Staats Morris of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers for his pay and subsistence in 1794 and 1795 and for his passage from Charleston to New York and horse hire to Fort Fidius, Georgia.
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Department of War
Accountants Office
April 20th 1795
I certify there is due to Captain Charles Morris of the Corps of Artificers and Engineers three hundred seventy five Dollars and thirty four Cents, being his Pay as Capt from 1st July 94 to the 25th Feby 95 inclusive and his Subsistence as Capt from 1st of October 94 to the 25th Feby 1795 inclusive and his Pay and Subsistence as Captain from 26th Feby to 1st March 1795 inclusive also the Passage to and from Charleston to New York and his Share there to transport himself and Baggage from Charleston to Fort [undecipherable] —
Dolls 375.34 Wm Simmons
Secy [undecipherable]
The Secy of War.
Accountants Office
June [undecipherable] 1795
I certify that there is due to Lieutenant David Hale of the Corps of Artificers and Engineers and the [undecipherable] under his command at [undecipherable], the sum of five hundred and Dollars Ninety four Cents being for his and their Pay for [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] 1795 which Sum is to be transmitted to Nathaniel Gorham [undecipherable] of Massachusetts, the said D. Hale to be accountable for the due Application thereof.
Dolls [undecipherable] Wm Simmons
Accountant
The Secy of War.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that the sum of $375.34 is due Captain Staats Morris of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers for his pay and subsistence in 1794 and 1795 and for his passage from Charleston to New York and horse hire to Fort Fidius, Georgia.
Date
04/15/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept of War Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1795041521355
Page start
3
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
William Simmons
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
Lieutenant
Notable locations
Dept of War Accountant's Office
Georgia
Charleston
New York
South Carolina
Fort Fidius
Notable items
pay
subsistence
horse hire
baggage
passage

