Pay of Captain Preston's Detachment US Regiment stationed at Fin Castle [Fincastle] Virginia
Document 1797Certification that $477.07 is due a Detachment of the US Regiment under the command of Captain William Preston stationed at Fin Castle [Fincastle] Virginia, being their pay from November 1795 through January 1797.
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Accountants Office
March 24th 1791
I Certify that there is due to Me as Porter [undecipherable] in the corps of [undecipherable] and Engineers the sum of [underline: One hundred and Sixty Dollars and 15 19/100] being for Pay [&] Subsistence from [undecipherable] January to 31 March 1791 inclusive.
Do 160[undecipherable]
The Secretary of War Wm Simmons
Acct
Accountants Office
March 24th 1791
I Certify that there is due to James Dean, late Interpreter to the Six nations of Indians the sum of [underline: Seventy three Dollars & Sixty [undecipherable] Cents] being for balance of his account for the expences of building a Saw Mill at Oneida, for transporting Indian Goods and attending Indian Councils which sum is payable to Israel Chapin [undecipherable] order of said Dean.
Do 13[undecipherable] Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct
Accountants Office
March 24th 1791
I Certify that there is due to William Macken late Captain in the Army of the United States in sum of [underline: four hundred and twenty one dollars one eighty four [undecipherable]] being for the six months Pay [&] Subsistence allowed by the Act of Congress of
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $477.07 is due a Detachment of the US Regiment under the command of Captain William Preston stationed at Fin Castle [Fincastle] Virginia, being their pay from November 1795 through January 1797.
Date
03/23/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1797032321155
Page start
377
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Edward Carrington
supervisor Virginia
Detachment
US Regiment
Captain William Preston
accountant
Secretary of War
command
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Fin Castle [Fincastle] Virginia
Notable items
pay

