Account of Major William Kersey
Document 1796Hagner certifies that $26.71 is due Major William Kersey, being the balance of the expenses of himself and two other officers from Philadelphia to West Point and back on a Court of Inquiry agreeable to the orders of Major General Anthony Wayne.
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Department of War
Accountants Office
July 23 1796 —
I Certify, there is due to Isaac Dorley, Scout and a Detachment of Militia under his command, called into Service by order of Isaac Shelby Esqr Governor of the State of Kentucky — Two hundred, eighty two Dollars and forty six Cents being for his Services performed on the frontiers of Clarke County in said State from the 27 April to the 27 June 1795 which formed Payment to John Cofferel Attorney —
Drs 282 46 In advance of the Accountant
The Secretary of War Peter Hagner Pr Clk —
Department of War
Accountants Office
July 13 1796
I Certify that there is due to Major William Finney the sum of Twenty six Dollars and twenty one Cents being the balance of his Account for the expences of himself and two other Officers from Philadelphia to land point and back, on a Court of Inquiry agreeably to the orders of Major Genl Mad Iroy on —
Drs 26 21 In advance of the Accountant
The Secretary of War Peter Hagner Pr Clk
Department of War
Accountants Office
July 23 1796
I Certify, this from a letter of the Comptroller, containing the P. Seal containing a Receipt of John Habersham, Collector of the Customs for Savannah in Georgia, dated 22 June 1796 which —
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Hagner certifies that $26.71 is due Major William Kersey, being the balance of the expenses of himself and two other officers from Philadelphia to West Point and back on a Court of Inquiry agreeable to the orders of Major General Anthony Wayne.
Date
07/15/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept of War Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1796071521255
Page start
271
Notable persons
James McHenry
Peter Hagner
Major William Kersey
officers
Major General Anthony Wayne
accountant
Secretary of War
principal clerk
Notable locations
Dept of War Accountant's Office
Philadelphia
West Point
New York
Notable items
expenses
court of inquiry
orders
balance

