Pay & Subsistence of frigate Captain John Barry, US Navy
Document 1797Certification that $333 is due Captain John Barry of the US Navy, being his pay and subsistence for January through March 1797.
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[ending 31st December 1796]
No50½ William Simmons
The Secretary of War Accountant
Accountants Office
April 3d 1797
I Certify that there is due to Richard A Scales Captain in the 2d United States Regiment the sum of Fifty eight [undecipherable]
Dollars & [undecipherable] being for his Pay & Subsistence for March 1797
[undecipherable] his Soldiers who [undecipherable] for same
[undecipherable] such sum is to be transmitted to Jonathan Jackson
Supervisor of Boston.
$53 5/6 Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct
Accountants Office
April 5th 1797
I Certify that there is due to Capt Edmund Steller and the Recruits under his Command at [undecipherable] the sum of sixty
six dollars [undecipherable] being for his and their pay for the month of
March 1797 such sum is to be transmitted to John Chester —
Supervisor Connecticut
$66 [undecipherable] W. Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct
Accountants Office
April 10th 1797
I Certify that there is due to George Clapborne Constructor
of the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] at Boston the sum of Five hundred
Dollars being for his Compensation from 1 January to 31 March
1797 inclusive, which sum is to be transmitted to Jonathan
Jackson Supervisor of Boston.
$500 W. Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $333 is due Captain John Barry of the US Navy, being his pay and subsistence for January through March 1797.
Date
04/11/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1797041121355
Page start
387
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Captain John Barry
United States Navy
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
subsistence
frigate construction

