Pay of Detachment of 1st Sub Legion for the Services of the Ordnance Department
Document 1796Simmons certifies that $71.06 is due a Detachment of the First Sub Legion for the service of the Ordnance Department at West Point, being their pay for May 1796.
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Accountants Office,
June 21. 1796.
I Certify that there is due to Leiel Daw — Depute the Sum of One Hundred and Seventy five Dollars and Sixty cents, being for his pay and Subsistence, from the 5th April to the 31st May 1796 — with —
Drs 175.60
The Secretary of War —
Wm Simmons
Accountants Office
21 June 1796
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of the first Sub legion for the Service of the Ordnance Department at least Point the Sum of Seventy two Dollars and 60 Cents for the Month of May 1796 which Sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Esquire Supervisor of New york and by him to George Fleming, at West Point, who is to be accountable —
Drs 72.60
The Secretary of War —
Wm Simmons
Accountants Office,
21 June 1796
I Certify that from a letter of the Comptroller, Dated this day covering a receipt of John Habersham Collector of the Customs for Savannah in Georgia Dated 2 May 1796 — Said Habersham has applied to the incidental and contingent expences of the War Department the Sum of five Dollars and thirty seven cents which he has Accounted for out of the monies arising from Duties on import & tonnage, and for which he is accountable, in pursuance of a Warrant to be opened in his favour by the Secretary of War —
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $71.06 is due a Detachment of the First Sub Legion for the service of the Ordnance Department at West Point, being their pay for May 1796.
Date
06/21/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1796062121155
Page start
260
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
1st Sub Legion
Ordnance Department
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
George Fleming
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
West Point
Notable items
pay

