Pay & Subsistence of Captain Staats Morris
Document 1796Simmons certifies that $72.94 is due Captain Staats Morris, being his pay for May 1796 and subsistence for April and May 1796
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Accountants Office
May 27 1796
I certify that there is due to Frances De Leutre the sum of four Hundred and fifty three Dollars for his pay for inspecting and directing the making of Cannon from the 22d of Nov 1795 to the 20th May 1796 inclusive and for his expences from Philadelphia to Providence and returning and his expences from Philadelphia to Fort Deleware in New Jersey and returning and for Cash [paid?] for Casting [Metal?] from Christiana Bridge to Fort Deleware —
William Simmons
Drs 753
The Secretary of War —
Accountants Office
May 20th 1796
I certify that there is due to John T [Dansey?] McElhinnery of Logan County Kentucky the sum of One Hundred and [undecipherable] Dollars and forty five Cents for their pay for the protection of the frontiers of [sd] County from 27 July to 27 Sept 1795 and which sum is payable to their Attorney Robert McConnick.
William Simmons
Due 101 [undecipherable]
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
June 1st 1796
I certify that there is due to Capt [Abedia?] Morris the sum of Seventy five Dollars and Ninety four Cents for his pay for the month of May and [subsistence?] from 1st April to 20th May 1796 —
William Simmons
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The Secretary of War —
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $72.94 is due Captain Staats Morris, being his pay for May 1796 and subsistence for April and May 1796
Date
06/01/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1796060121155
Page start
249
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Staats Morris
Stadts Morris
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
subsistence

