Pay of Claude Pourcheresse, assistant storekeeper at Springfield Massachusetts
Document 1796Simmons certifies that $150 is due Claude Pourcheresse, Assistant Storekeeper, being his compensation from May through September 1796.
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Accountants Office
Sept 24 1796
I certify that there is due to [undecipherable] 9 soldiers of the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers the sum of thirty seven Dollars and four cents, being for the pay from 1st Aug — the [undecipherable] that last paid & and Subsistence from 1st [undecipherable] 1st Sept 1796 [undecipherable] the day has pay ceased which sum is payable to Major [undecipherable: James] Finance for order
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Wm Simmons
The Sec War
Accountants Office
Sept 25 1796
I certify that there is due to Philip [undecipherable: Laurence] Sergt of the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers the sum of Fourteen Dollars being for his pay for August to September 1796 which sum is payable to Major James Finance for order
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Wm Simmons
The Sec War
Accountants Office
Sept 27 1796
I certify that there is due to E O [undecipherable] Assistant Storekeeper the sum of one hundred & fifty Dollars being for his compensation from 1st of May to 30th September 1796 inclusive; this sum is to be transmitted to Jonathan Jackson Supervisor Massach[undecipherable: usetts]
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Do 150
The Sec War
Wm Simmons
Accountants Office
Sept 29 1796
I certify there is due to [undecipherable] Peter [undecipherable: Tallman] and [undecipherable] Money of the Artillery & Manning & [undecipherable] of the Infantry and the Detachment of the [undecipherable] Officers & privates of the Artillery & Infantry under the Command of Captain William [undecipherable: Littlefield] on their march to [undecipherable: Niagara] the sum of Four hundred [undecipherable] Dollars & [undecipherable] cents, being for their pay to the 31st Aug 1796 [undecipherable] which sum is to be transmitted to [undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $150 is due Claude Pourcheresse, Assistant Storekeeper, being his compensation from May through September 1796.
Date
09/27/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1796092721155
Page start
296
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Jonathan Jackson
supervisor Massachusetts
Claude Pourcheresse
assistant storekeeper at Springfield Massachusetts
Secretary of War
accountant
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Springfield Massachusetts
armory
Notable items
pay
compensation

