Bounty Paid to Captain Staats Morris
Document 1795Simmons certifies that fifty dollars is due Captain Staats Morris for bounty paid and premium allowed for enlisting three men in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers.
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Pay Masters Office
Oct 5th 1798
I Certify that there is due to Capt James Bruff and the Recruits under his Command at Baltimore the Sum of Two hundred eighty one Dollars and ninety four Cents for his and their pay for the Months of June and August 1798 which Sum is to be transmitted to Brev. Kelly Esqr. or whoever I Designated who said Capt Bruff to be accountable —
Dolls: 281.94
The payr of Mar.
Wm [undecipherable]
Actt
Accountants Office
Oct 19th 1798
I Certify that there is due to Capt [undecipherable] Alexis Morris the price of fifty Dollars of Bounty paid and premium allowed for inlisting three Men in the Corps of Artillery and Engineers which Sum is payable to Capt Donald Grant [undecipherable]
Dolls: 50
The payr of Mar.
Wm [undecipherable]
Actt
Pay Masters Office
[undecipherable] 1798
I Certify that there is due to Capt Wm Eaton the Sum of sixty nine Dollars and sixty two Cents, being the Balance of his pay from the 1st of April to the 31st August 1798 Exclusive and the Sum of four hundred seventy nine Dollars and. [undecipherable] Cents, the amount recommended by Capt Wm Eaton to the [undecipherable] of August 1798 Exclusive, making the Sum of five hundred forty nine Dollars and thirty eight Cents, which Sum is to be transmitted to [undecipherable] Esq. for his Services, the said Capt Eaton to be accountable.
The payr of Mar. Dolls: 549[undecipherable] Wm [undecipherable]
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that fifty dollars is due Captain Staats Morris for bounty paid and premium allowed for enlisting three men in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers.
Date
09/19/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1795091921155
Page start
111
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
William Simmons
Captain Staats Morris
men
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
accountant
Secretary of War
Captain Donald Grant Mitchell
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
bounty
pay
premium
enlist

