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
March 1st 1797
I certify that there is due to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the sum of [underline: forty four dollars and nine cents] for his Pay Subsistence, and Forage for the Month of February 1797
Dollars 43/100 Pay [undecipherable]
Forage [undecipherable] W.m Simmons
[undecipherable] 48.9
The Secretary of War Acct.
Accountants Office
March 1st 1797
I certify that there is due to [undecipherable] of the Corps of Artificers & Engineers the sum of fourteen dollars and thirty one cents same for balance of his Pay from the 2d December 1796 the day of his acceptance to the 18 February 1797 inclusive
Dollar 14/100 W.m Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct.
Accountants Office
March 1st 1797
I certify that there is due to John Steel, armourer and the Men employed in Stores to [undecipherable] being Stores at the [undecipherable] the sum of sixty one dollars [undecipherable] cents and their Pay for the Month of February 1797 which sum is payable to Lieut. John Steel, [undecipherable]
£61[undecipherable] W.m Simmons
The Secretary 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

