Pay of John Steele, coxswain, & his men
Document 1797Certification that $64 is due John Steele [Steel] Coxswain, and the men employed on board the public barge at Mud Island Fort, being his and their pay for March 1797.
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Accountants Office
April 3d 1797
I Certify that there is due to John Steele, Coxwain, and the men employed on board the Public Barge stationed at Mud Island Fort the sum of [underline: Sixty four dollars,] being for his and their pay for the Month of March 1797: which sum is payable to said John Steele Attorney.
$d64 Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct
Accountants Office
April 3 1797
I Certify that there is due to Lieutenant William Wilson of the Artillerists and Engineers: the sum of [underline: Twenty Six dollars] being for his Pay for the month of March 17—
$d26 Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct
Accountants Office
April 3d 1797
I Certify that there is due to Josiah Fox Navy Constructor of the Frigate building at Norfolk in Virginia the sum of [underline: One hundred Ninety dollars and forty Cents] being for his Compensation from 1 January to 31 March 1797 inclusive and for sundry contingent expences during the same period.
$d19040/100 Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct
Accountants Office
April 3d 17—
I certify that there is due to John Rdynek Surgeons mate in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers the sum of [underline: Forty five dollars and thirty cents] being for his Pay, Subsistence and Forage for the month of March 17—
$d4530/100 Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $64 is due John Steele [Steel] Coxswain, and the men employed on board the public barge at Mud Island Fort, being his and their pay for March 1797.
Date
04/03/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1797040321155
Page start
381
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John Steele
John Steel
coxswain
men
accountant
Secretary of War
attorney
Notable locations
Mud Island Fort
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
public barge

