Pay of Captain Joseph Elliot & His Men at Mud Island Fort
Document 1797Certification that $206 is due Captain Joseph Elliot, Lieutenant Henry Muhlenberg, Surgeon's Mate William Steel (including forage) and the men under the command of Captain Elliot at Mud Island Fort, being their pay for February 1797.
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[Accountants Office 364]
March 1st 1797
I certify that there is due to Capt. Joseph Elliott, Lieutenant Henry Mustenberg, William Steel Surgeons Mate including Forage, and the Men under the command of Capt. Elliott at Mud Island For the sum of [underline: Two hundred & six Dollars] owing for his and their Pay for the Month of February 1796, the said Captain Elliott to be held accountable for the due application thereof.
Dollars 206 $200 Wm Simmons
Forage. 6.
The Secretary of War Dol: 206 acct
Accountants Office
March 2d 1797
I certify that there is due to William Morris Lieutenant in the Corps of Artengineers the sum of [underline: One hundred, Sixty three dollars and five cents] being for his Pay and Subsistence to the 18th February 1797.
Dol: 163 100 [undecipherable] of the army [undecipherable] Wm Simmons
Laborers Cyeder 39.50
Dollars 163.5
The Secy of War acct
Accountants Office
March 1st 1797
I certify that there is due to William Allen Private in Capt. Aymans Company 2d United States Regiment the sum of [underline: Twenty four [undecipherable]] being for his Pay from the 1st September 1796 to the 28th February 1797 inclusive, which sum is payable to William Ayman who is to be held accountable for transmitting the Receipt of the said William Allen for the same.
Dol: 24 Wm Simmons
The Secy of War acct
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $206 is due Captain Joseph Elliot, Lieutenant Henry Muhlenberg, Surgeon's Mate William Steel (including forage) and the men under the command of Captain Elliot at Mud Island Fort, being their pay for February 1797.
Date
03/01/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1797030121455
Page start
364
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Captain Joseph Elliot
men
accountant
Secretary of War
Surgeon's Mate William Steel
Lieutenant Henry Muhlenberg
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Mud Island Fort
Notable items
pay
command
forage

