Compensation of Benjamin Miller for appehending a deserter
Document 1796Simmons certifies that $23.07 is due Benjamin Miller as compensation for apprehending a deserter from Captain Mitchell's Company of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, including the cost of advertising and subsisting him for 52 days in the West Chester jail [gaol].
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Accountant Office
Sept [undecipherable] 1795
I certify that there is due to John [undecipherable] one of the men employed on board the public [undecipherable] stationed at Miss [undecipherable] Fort, the sum of one hundred [undecipherable] Dollars, being for three pay in the month of [undecipherable] 1795; which sum is payable to the said John [undecipherable] Murray
Wm Simmons
[undecipherable] Sec
Sept [undecipherable] 1794
[undecipherable]
Accountants Office
Sept 2. 1795
I certify that there is due to Peter Dinsmore Deputy Agent of Indian Affairs the sum of two hundred & fifty Dollars, being for his Salary from 1st June to 31st August 1795 inclusive
Dollars 250
Wm Simmons
Acc
The Sec'y of War
Accountant Office
Sept 2. 1795
I certify that there is due to James Van Ingen the sum of five hundred twenty three Dollars and fifty eight Cents, being for Shorage of five hundred & twenty three half Barrels public [undecipherable] Ammunition at Albany, [undecipherable] amount certified by Michael Kittner [undecipherable] of Ordnance [undecipherable] Military Stores at [undecipherable] place, which are payable to Wm Simmons [undecipherable] Order.
Wm Simmons [undecipherable]
L[undecipherable] 523.58
The Sec'y of War
Accountants Office
Sept 2. 1795
I certify there is due to Benjamin [undecipherable] the sum of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $23.07 is due Benjamin Miller as compensation for apprehending a deserter from Captain Mitchell's Company of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, including the cost of advertising and subsisting him for 52 days in the West Chester jail [gaol].
Date
09/03/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1796090321155
Page start
288
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Benjamin Miller
deserter
Secretary of War
accountant
Captain Mitchell
company
corps artillerists and engineers
Notable locations
West Chester
jail
gaol
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
compensation
apprehend deserter
desertion
advertisement
subsistence of deserter

