Pay of Lt. Shoemaker & His Men
Document 1796Simmons certifies that $120.13 is due Lt. Peter Shoemaker and the men under his command, being his and their pay through September 1796.
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[302] Accountants Office
Oct 6th 1796
I certify that there is due to the Recruits under the command of Capt William Richard at Scborough in North Carolina, the amount three hundred [undecipherable] dollars [undecipherable] fifty cents being for their hire to the [undecipherable] of August 1796 which sum is payable to Mr [undecipherable] Schenk who holds himself accountable for the delivery thereof to the said Captain Richard who is to be accountable for the due application of the same.
Wm Simmons
Act
$ 407/60
Secretary of War
Accountants Office
Oct 7th 1796
I certify that there is due to Joshua [undecipherable] the sum of five hundred Dollars being for his Compensation as Conductor of the Topographic[al] survey of Philadelphia from 1st July to 30th September 1796
Wm Simmons
Act
[undecipherable] 500
Sec. of War
Accountants Office
Oct 7th 1796
I certify that there is due to Caleb [undecipherable] the sum of four hundred eighty [undecipherable] [undecipherable] being for his Compensation as [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] July to 30th September 1796 inclusive [undecipherable] which sum is to be [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] accountable [undecipherable]
Wm Simmons
Act
[undecipherable] 480 [undecipherable]
Sec. of War
Accountants [undecipherable]
Oct [undecipherable] 1796
I certify that there is [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Tennance and one man in his detachment the sum of two hundred [undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable] being for his subsistence [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] which sum [undecipherable] himself to be accountable for the [undecipherable]
Wm Simmons
Act
D [undecipherable] 45 [undecipherable]
Sec. of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $120.13 is due Lt. Peter Shoemaker and the men under his command, being his and their pay through September 1796.
Date
10/07/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1796100721455
Page start
302
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Notable locations
Accountant's Office

