Compensation of John Scott, Clerk of the Navy Yard at Philadelphia
Document 1797Certification that $187.50 is due John Scott, being his compensation as Clerk of the Navy Yard at Philadelphia for February and March 1797.
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January and February 1797. which sum is payable to Robert Field, substitute to Gawen S. Harris Attorney
No 9. Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct.
Accountants Office
March 28 1797 —
I certify that there is due to Jean Mariot a [undecipherable] of the rate of [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] the sum of [undecipherable] ten dollars & the same for his Pay, Subsistence and forage for the month of March 1797.
Pay 30
Forage 6 [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] 10 [undecipherable] The Secretary of War Acct.
Accountants Office
March [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
I certify that there is due to C B Burchase for the sum of Ninety dollars being for his Compensation as assistant Musketeer at Springfield from the 1 January to the 31 March 1797 which sum is to be transmitted to Samuel Nevers Junr to the said Burchase, at Springfield.
Do 00 Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct.
Accountants Office
March 31 1797
I certify that there is due to James Byram a [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to Captain Sevier of the Artillerists & Engineman [undecipherable] twelve dollars being for his Pay for the months of Jany February and March 1797.
Wm Simmons
[undecipherable] The Sect of War Acct.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $187.50 is due John Scott, being his compensation as Clerk of the Navy Yard at Philadelphia for February and March 1797.
Date
04/01/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1797040121055
Page start
380
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John Scott
clerk of navy yard
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
compensation

