Pay & Subsistence of Lieutenant William Morris of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
Document 1796Simmons certifies that $76.08 is due Lieutenant William Morris of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being his pay for April 1796 and subsistence from January through April 1796, and for passage from Georgia to New York.
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Hugh now under the Command of Capt James Bruff the sum of Three hundred seven Dollars and six Cents for their pay to 1st April 1796 which sum is payable to the said Capt Bruff as is accountable for the due application thereof.
William Simmons
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
20th May 1796
I Certify that from a letter of the Contractors Dated May 7. 1794 covering a receipt of John Habersham Collector of the Customs for Savannah in Georgia Dated April 18. 1796 and Indorsation; it appears to the incidental and contingent expences of the War Department the Sum of four Dollars and ninety five Cents which is due Contractor, out of the Monies accruing from Duties on Imports and Tonnage and forwarded he is accountable in Pursuance of a Warrant to be directed in his favor by the Secretary of War, to which said receipt is to be annexed agreeably to the communication of the Comptroller.
Drs 4.95
William Simmons
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office,
20th May 1796
I Certify that there is due to Lieut Wm Morris of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers the sum of Seventy one Dollars and eight Cents for his pay for the Month of April 1796 & Subsistance from 1 March to 1st April 1796 & for his passage from Savannah in Georgia to New York.
Drs 76.62
William Simmons
Accountants Office
20th May 1796
I Certify that there is due to Lieut Horatio R. Dayton and the men under his Command at [undecipherable: present] Stationed Near York
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $76.08 is due Lieutenant William Morris of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being his pay for April 1796 and subsistence from January through April 1796, and for passage from Georgia to New York.
Date
05/20/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1796052021455
Page start
247
Note
This document has no addressee but is probably to James McHenry.
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Lieutenant William Morris
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Savannah, Georgia
New York
Notable items
pay
passage
subsistence

