Pay of Claude Pourcheresse, assistant storekeeper at Springfield Massachusetts
Document 1796Simmons certifies that $120 is due Claude Pourcheresse for his pay as assistant storekeeper at Springfield Massachusetts, from January through April 1796.
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Accountants Office
May 10th 1796
I Certify that there is due to Capt James Bruff the sum of thirty four dollars and seventy seven Cents for the balance of his Accounts for Recruiting payments to his Men contingencies of Marching his Men from Baltimore to West point between the 20th May 1795 and 4 Apr 96—
William Simmons
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The Secretary of Wars
Accountants Office
May 10, 1796
I Certify that there is Due to Luke Craycraft Late a Corporal of Capt Fleming's troop of Dragoons the sum of Twenty Nine Dollars and forty one Cents for his pay from 1st Jany to the 29th May 1795 the day of his Discharge which sum is payable to Capt James Bruff pr Order of said Craycraft.
Drs 29 41/100
William Simmons —
The Secretary of Wars
Accountants Office
10 May 1796
I Certify that there is due to James Sever, Capt of the frigate building, at Portsmouth the sum of One thousand three hundred thirty nine Dollars and twenty Cents for his pay and subsistence from 1st May 1795 to 30 April 96— which sum is to be transmitted to Joshua Wentworth Esqr Supr of New Hampshire
Drs 1,339 20/100
William Simmons
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
14 May 1796
I Certify that there is due to Claude p Pourcherespon the sum of One hundred and twenty Dollars for his pay as Assistant Storekeeper at Springfield from 1st Jany to 30 April 96— which sum is to be transmitted to Nathl Gorham' Esqr Supr of Massachusetts
Drs 120 —
William Simmons
The Secretary of Wars
Accountants Office,
May 19, 1796
I Certify that there is due to Nathl Folsom Three hundred and Sixteen Dollars being for his Compensation as Superintendent of the fortifications at New Castle, Portsmouth and New Hampshire from the 26 June to 30 Novt 1795— inclusive which sum is payable to Capt John Bowles pr Order
Drs 316
William Simmons
The Secretary of Wars
Accountants Office,
May 19th 1796 —
I Certify that [strikethrough: that] there is due to Lieut Benjamin Strothers the sum of One hundred thirty Nine Dollars and thirty Cents for his pay and subsistence from 1st Jany to 30th April 1796
William Simmons
Drs 139 30/100
The Secretary of Wars
Accountants Office
May 20, 1796 —
I Certify there is due to Capt Abimael Y Nichols in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers One hundred seventy two dollars and Ninety Six Cents being for his Contingent expences from St Marys in Georgia to West point and returning from thence to Saint Marys and for his Subsistence from 1st Jany to 30 April 1796 inclusive
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William Simmons
The Secretary of Wars
Accountants Office,
May 20, 1796
I Certify that there is due to the Men Inlisted by Capt Jack
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $120 is due Claude Pourcheresse for his pay as assistant storekeeper at Springfield Massachusetts, from January through April 1796.
Date
05/18/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1796051821555
Page start
245
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Nathaniel Gorham
supervisor Massachusetts
Claude Pourcheresse
assistant storekeeper
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Springfield Massachusetts
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay


