Expenses of Joseph Cooper & George Carson
Document 1796Simmons certifies that $14 is due to Joseph Cooper and George Carson of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being their expenses from Philadelphia to Baltimore in pursuit of William Townshend, William Hines, and Bingham, deserters from said Corps.
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Accountant's Office
Dec 23d 1796
I certify that there is due to Capt. Peter Algernon Gansevoort [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in the sum of Fourteen Dollars being for [undecipherable] Expenses from [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to Baltimore in passing William [undecipherable] [undecipherable] William [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
from [undecipherable] to [undecipherable]
Drs [undecipherable]
Wm Simmons
Acct
The Secy of War
Accountant's Office
Dec 26th 1796
I certify that there is due to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Squires
Major [undecipherable] Sub Legion the sum of [undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable]/100 being for
his Pay & Subsistence as [undecipherable] for the months of November & December
1796 and for the subsistence of Eight Dollars a Soldier of the
4th United States Regiment to 31st December 1796 inclusive
Drs 79/[undecipherable]
W. Simmons
Acct
The Sec. of War
Accountant's Office
Dec 25th 1796
I certify that there is due to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the sum of
[undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable]/100 being a balance of his account of [undecipherable]
himself [undecipherable], [undecipherable] & eight Soldiers from [undecipherable] to [undecipherable]
New York [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Drs [undecipherable]
Wm Simmons
Acct
The Secy of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Simmons certifies that $14 is due to Joseph Cooper and George Carson of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being their expenses from Philadelphia to Baltimore in pursuit of William Townshend, William Hines, and Bingham, deserters from said Corps.
Date
12/23/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1796122321155
Page start
330
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Joseph Cooper
George Carson
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
William Townshend
William Hines
Bingham
Secretary of War
accountant
deserters
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Notable items
desertion
expenses
pay
pursuing deserters

