Expenses of Captain James Taylor
Document 1796Simmons certifies that $142.33 is due Captain James Taylor, the sum he paid for the expenses of Eneas Coon, an Indian, while in Philadelphia.
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Department of War
Accountants Office
May 30th 1796
I Certify, there is due to Capt James Taylors Com—
—handred forty two Dollars and Sixty Three Cents for & [undecipherable] fund [undecipherable]
by him for sundry expenses incurred by [undecipherable] an Indian—
while in philadelphia Wm Simmons —
Drs 142 22
The Secretary of War
Department of War
Accountants Office
May 30th 1796
I Certify, there is due to Capt James Taylors one hundred
forty [undecipherable] Dollars and Sixty Three Cents for & [undecipherable] fund [undecipherable]
for sundry expenses incurred by him [undecipherable] Indians, [undecipherable]
philadelphia William Simmons —
Drs 142 22 as above
The Secretary of War
Department of War
Accountants Office
May 31st 1796
I Certify, there is due to Richard [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
on the 1st [undecipherable] Sergeant Thirty five Dollars and Sixty one
Cents being for his pay from 1st April (the being [undecipherable] now last [undecipherable]
to by the pay master) & to the 10th of May 1796 inclusive, the day of
his discharge, which fund is payable to the United States [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] draw of [undecipherable] Attorney, to the [undecipherable]
Drs 95 [undecipherable]
Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $142.33 is due Captain James Taylor, the sum he paid for the expenses of Eneas Coon, an Indian, while in Philadelphia.
Date
05/30/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept of War Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1796053021155
Page start
251
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Captain James Taylor
Eneas Coon
Indian
Notable locations
Department of War Accountant's Office
Philadelphia
Notable items
sundry expenses

