Pay of Navy Captain John Barry
Document 1796Simmons certifies that $679.40 is due John Barry, Captain in the Navy, being his pay and subsistence from January through June 1796 and for expenses to Cecil Furnace and back to Philadelphia.
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Department of War
Accountants Office
August 1 1795
I certify that there is due to John Barry Captain in the Navy the sum of one hundred seventy nine dollars and forty [undecipherable] cents, being for his pay & Subsistence from the 1st of January to the 31st June 1795 inclusive, exclusive his Expenses to Carl [undecipherable] and back to Philadelphia.
Wm Simmons
[undecipherable]
179 [undecipherable]/100 Dols
The Secy of War
Accountants Office
August 6 1795
I certify that there is due to [undecipherable] John [undecipherable] of the Navy [undecipherable] the sum of [undecipherable] one hundred [undecipherable] and fifty cents, being for his Salary from 1st of April to 30th June 1795 inclusive, which is drawn at the desire communicated to [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Supervisor [undecipherable] Wm Simmons
Dollars 187 [undecipherable]/100 [undecipherable]
The Secy of War
Department of War
Accountants Office
August 9 1795
I certify that there is due to the Recruits under the command of Captain Alexander [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] the sum of five hundred [undecipherable] Dollars and sixty [undecipherable], being for their pay to the 30th June 1796 inclusive which [undecipherable] is to be transmitted to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Alexander [undecipherable] to be held [undecipherable] accountable for the due application thereof
Wm Simmons
[undecipherable]
The Secy of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $679.40 is due John Barry, Captain in the Navy, being his pay and subsistence from January through June 1796 and for expenses to Cecil Furnace and back to Philadelphia.
Date
08/06/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept of War Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1796080621055
Page start
281
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Captain John Barry
accountant
Secretary of War
Navy
Notable locations
Cecil Furnace
Philadelphia
Maryland
Dept of War Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
subsistence
expenses

