Pay & Subsistence of Navy Captain Samuel Nicholson at Boston
Document 1796Hagner certifies that $334.20 is due Captain Samuel Nicholson of the frigate building at Boston, being his pay and subsistence from April through June 1796.
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[undecipherable: probable reading: Hallowmen] has applied to the incidental and contingent expenses of the War Department the sum of Two Dollars and fourteen Cents which he has [undecipherable], out of the Monies arising from Duties on Imports and Tonnages and for which he is accountable in pursuance of a Warrant to be [undecipherable] in his favor, by the Secretary of War, to which said receipt is to be annexed, agreeably to the Communication of the Comptroller.
In the absence of the Acct
Drt Dt Peter Hagner Pl Clk
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office,
July 30. 1796.
I Certify that there is due to Capt. James Nicholson of the Frigate Building, at Boston, the Sum of Three Hundred and thirty four Dollars and Thirty Cents being for his pay and Subsistence from 1. April, to the 30 June 1796 which Sum is to be transmitted to Jonathan Jackson, Esqr Supervisor for the District of Boston.
In the absence of the Acct
Drt Dt Peter Hagner Pl Clk
The Secretary of War
Department of War,
Accountants Office,
July 30. 1796.
I Certify that there is due to Major [undecipherable] the Sum of one hundred, thirty three Dollars and thirty five Cents being for his pay, forage and [undecipherable] of his Subsistence, and for [undecipherable] subsisting his [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] May to 30 June [undecipherable].
In the absence of the Acct
Drt Augt 22 Peter Hagner Pl Clk
The Secretary of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Hagner certifies that $334.20 is due Captain Samuel Nicholson of the frigate building at Boston, being his pay and subsistence from April through June 1796.
Date
07/20/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1796072021155
Page start
272
Notable persons
James McHenry
Peter Hagner
Jonathan Jackson
supervisor district Boston
Navy Captain Samuel Nicholson
accountant
Secretary of War
principal clerk
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Boston Massachusetts
Notable items
USS Constitution
pay
subsistence
frigate construction

