Salary & Expenses of Josiah Fox temporary constructor of the frigate building at Norfolk
Document 1796Simmons certifies that $190.68 is due Josiah Fox, late temporary constructor of the frigate building at Norfolk, Virginia being his salary from April through June 1796 and sundry contingent expenses.
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Accountants Office,
July 1. 1796
I Certify, there is due to Forman Cheeseman —
Five hundred Dollars being for his Salary as Constructor
of the Frigate that was building at New York, from the 1st
of April to the [undecipherable] June 1796 inclusive, the same has —
been [undecipherable] allowance agreeable to a letter from the Secretary
of War to him Dated the 6th Inst
Wm Simmons
Dr 500 —
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
July 1 1796
I Certify that there is due to [undecipherable] late found
Constructor of the Frigate building at Norfolks the sum of two
hundred Ninety Dollars and forty eight Cents being for his —
Salary from 1st April to the [undecipherable] June 1796 inclusive — which —
includes Sundry contingent expenses incurred during said
period Wm Simmons
Dr 198 [undecipherable]
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
July 2. 1796
I Certify there is due to Nicholas De Finett, —
Forty Dollars being for his Salary [undecipherable] Compensation as
Assistant Engineer for the Month of June 1796
Wm Simmons
Dr 40
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
July 2. 1796
I Certify there is due to [undecipherable] Capt [undecipherable] by
[undecipherable] adopting Eight Dollars being for his pay from [undecipherable] May [undecipherable]
to [undecipherable] June [undecipherable] inclusive under to Roger Jersey
[undecipherable]
The Secretary of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $190.68 is due Josiah Fox, late temporary constructor of the frigate building at Norfolk, Virginia being his salary from April through June 1796 and sundry contingent expenses.
Date
07/01/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1796070121255
Page start
264
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Joshua Humphreys
Josiah Fox
temporary constructor
Secretary of War
accountant
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Norfolk shipyard
Notable items
pay
salary
expenses
Navy frigate construction
USS Chesapeake

