Pay of the Corps at West Point
Document 1797Acknowledges receipt of the pay roll for the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point that will be credited on the books of the War Department accountants office. Notes that the Army regulations due not consider shoemakers as artificers. Money for the pay will be sent by Nicholas Fish, federal supervisor at New York.
100%
⇣No human transcription currently available for this document.
This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (a mix of sonnet and opus models). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.
inclosing Receipt Rolls for your Pay and that of [strikethrough: the] detachment under your command from 1st October 1794 to June 30. 1795 which are under examination and if found right the amount will be placed to your credit.
There appears a charge against you in the Books of this Office of 197 [undecipherable] Dollars, for pay of your detachment to 30th September 1794 for which sum it does not appear that you have transmitted any Receipt Roll to this Office, I wish to hear from you on this subject as soon as possible — I am &c.
Wm Simmons
Acct
Lieut Colo Stephen Rochefontaine Accountants Office
West Point State of New York February 25th 1797
Sir
I received your letter of the 21st Instant with that from Sergeant Williams which will be attended to. —
Herewith you will receive Blank Muster Rolls agreeably to your request.
I am &c.
Wm Simmons
Acct
Colo George Jackson Department of War
in Congress— Accountants Office
Sir February 25th 1797
Enclosed are two letters for George Clendinon & Jacob Westfall Esqr which I spoke to you of some time since & which you promised to take charge of
will
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Acknowledges receipt of the pay roll for the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point that will be credited on the books of the War Department accountants office. Notes that the Army regulations due not consider shoemakers as artificers. Money for the pay will be sent by Nicholas Fish, federal supervisor at New York.
Date
02/17/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797021727955
Page start
384
Notable persons
Lieutenant Nehemiah Freeman
William Simmons
John Hood
Corps Artillerists and Engineers
John Hood
shoemaker
artificer
commandant
officers
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
Notable locations
West Point
Accountants Office
New York
Notable items
pay roll
recruiting instructions
balance
receipts

