Subsistence of Captain James Bruff
Document 1797Certification that $176.25 is due Captain James Bruff, being his subsistence from June 10, 1796 to January 31, 1797.
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Accountant's Office
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I Certify that there is due to the [undecipherable] officers and [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of the United States from the sum of Eight hundred and [undecipherable] one Dollars and forty one [undecipherable] being for the Pay and [undecipherable] of the Commissioned Officers and the Pay of the Non Commissioned Officers and [undecipherable] 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 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] who is to be accountable for the due application thereof
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Wm Simmons
The Secy of War [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Acct.
Accountants Office
February [undecipherable] 1797
I Certify that there is due to Captain James Bruff,
the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] hundred and [undecipherable] six Dollars and
twenty five cents being for his Subsistence from the
10th June 1796 to the 31st [undecipherable] January 1797 inclusive, which
sum is [undecipherable] to John [undecipherable] for [undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
Wm Simmons
Acct.
Accountants Office
February [undecipherable] 1797
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of the [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] the same [undecipherable] twenty five
dollars [undecipherable] [undecipherable] being for their Pay for the month of
[undecipherable] 1797 [undecipherable] [undecipherable] George Harvey
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
The Secy of War Wm Simmons Acct.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $176.25 is due Captain James Bruff, being his subsistence from June 10, 1796 to January 31, 1797.
Date
02/23/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1797022321255
Page start
362
Note
This document has no addressee but is likely to James McHenry, 02/23/1797.
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John Waddington
Captain James Bruff
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
subsistence

