Pay, Subsistence, & Forage of Joseph Strong late Surgeon's Mate
Document 1796Simmons certifies that $45.30 is due Joseph Strong, late Surgeon's Mate, being his pay, subsistence, and forage from May 1 to May 31, 1796, the day of his resignation.
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Accountants Office
August 22d 1795
I certify that there is due to Joseph Sims late Surgeon mate the sum of Forty five dollars & thirty Cents, being the half pay, Subsistance & Forage [undecipherable] from the 1st of May, the day he was last paid to & do 31st May 1795 the day of his Resignation.
Wm Simmons
Actt
Dollars 45 30/100
The Sur [undecipherable]
Accountants Office
August 2d 1795
I certify that there is due to Benjamin Hawkins [undecipherable] the sum of one hundred thirty [undecipherable] one dollars & ninety five cents, being balance due him for his Compensation and Expenses as Commissioner for negotiating a Treaty with the Creek Indians [undecipherable] advance from the 19th [undecipherable] paid to [undecipherable] August [undecipherable] incurred, and yet he Expended as [undecipherable] Items.
Wm Simmons
Actt
[undecipherable] More 2[undecipherable] [undecipherable]/100
The Sur [undecipherable]
Accountants Office
Augt 2d 1795
I certify that there is due to John Nicholson the amount of one hundred eighty Dollars being for his pay as Indian Interpreter from the 1st of April 1795 to the 1st [undecipherable] of April 1796, which sum as [undecipherable] acts to his Attorney [undecipherable] [undecipherable].
Wm Simmons
Actt
[undecipherable]
The Sur [undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $45.30 is due Joseph Strong, late Surgeon's Mate, being his pay, subsistence, and forage from May 1 to May 31, 1796, the day of his resignation.
Date
08/22/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1796082221055
Page start
286
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Surgeon's Mate Joseph Strong
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
subsistence
forage
resignation

