Pay of Captain Gibson's Recruits at Staunton, Virginia
Document 1796Simmons certifies that $506.64 is due the recruits under the command of Captain Alexander Gibson at Staunton, Virginia being their pay through June 1796.
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Department of War 281
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], being for his pay & Subsistance from the 1st of January to the 31st June 1795 inclusive, exclusive his expenses to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] and back to Philadelphia.
Wm Simmons
&c.
179 40/100 Dolls
The Sect of War
[undecipherable: probable reading Accountants] [undecipherable] [Office?]
August [4?] 179[5]
I certify that there is due to [undecipherable] John [undecipherable] Black in the Navy Yard [undecipherable] the sum of [one hundred?] [undecipherable] seventy [undecipherable] and fifty cents, being for his Salary from 1st of April to [31]st June 1795 endorsement who [is] drawn [undecipherable] to be [undecipherable] recommended to [undecipherable]
Jackson [undecipherable] Supervisors [undecipherable] Wm Simmons
Dollars 197 [undecipherable]/100 &c.
The Sect 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 Gibson at [undecipherable] the sum of five hundred [undecipherable] Dollars and sixty [undecipherable], being for their pay to the 30th June 1795 inclusive, which amount to be transported to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] on [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Alexander Gibson to be held accountable for the due application thereof
Wm Simmons
& [undecipherable]
The Sect of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $506.64 is due the recruits under the command of Captain Alexander Gibson at Staunton, Virginia being their pay through June 1796.
Date
08/09/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept of War Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1796080921155
Page start
281
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Edward Carrington
supervisor Richmond Virginia
accountant
Secretary of War
recruits
command
Notable locations
Richmond Virginia
Dept of War Accountant's Office
Staunton
Notable items
pay

