Pay & Forage of the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers at West Point, New York
Document 1797Certification that $881.41 is due the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point, New York, being the pay and forage of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates for January 1797.
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Accountants Office
[undecipherable] by [undecipherable] leger
I Certify that there is due to the [undecipherable] of Artillerists and Engineers [undecipherable] of War from the sum of Eight hundred and eighty one Dollars and forty one Cents being for the Pay and Forage of the Commanding Officers and the Pay of the Non Commissioned Officers and Privates for the Month of January 1797 which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Esqr. Supervisor of New York to be by him paid to Lieutenant [undecipherable] Freeman Sub[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Masters who is to be accountable for the due application thereof.
[undecipherable] Pay of the Army [undecipherable] Wm Simmons
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Acct
The Secy of War [undecipherable]
Accountants Office
February 3d 1797
I Certify that there is due to Captain James Brush, the sum of four hundred and [undecipherable] Dollars and Twenty five cents being for his Subsistence from the 10th June 1796 to the 31st [strikethrough: January] January 1797 inclusive, which sum is to be paid to [undecipherable] for one [undecipherable]
1 [undecipherable] Wm Simmons
Acct.
Accountants Office
February 3d 1797
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of the [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] the same Twenty five
dollars eighty [undecipherable] cents being for their Pay for the month
of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable: George Harvey?]
[undecipherable] to be [undecipherable] accountable for the due application the[undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Wm Simmons
The Secy of War Acct.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $881.41 is due the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point, New York, being the pay and forage of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates for January 1797.
Date
02/17/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1797021721555
Page start
362
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
Lieutenant Nehemiah Freeman
temporary paymaster
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
officers
non-commissioned officers
privates
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
West Point
New York
Notable items
pay
forage

