Pay, subsistence & forage of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point New York
Document 1797Certification that $987.20 is due the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point, New York, being the pay, subsistence, and forage of the commissioned officers, and the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates, through March 1797.
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Accountants Office
April 15th 1797
I certify that there is due to Samuel Hodgdon Super-intendant of Military Stores, the sum of [underline: One Thousand One hundred & Seventy dollars,] being for his Salary & that of a Storekeeper & Clerks from the 1st January to 31st March 1797.
Drs 1170. Wm Simmons
Acct.
The Secretary of War
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Accountants Office
April 15th 1797
I certify that there is due to Capt Solomon Van Ransellae the sum of [underline: Three Hundred and Seventy five Dollars 36/100;] being for his Pay, Subsistence and Forage from the 1st October 1796 to the 31st March 1797 inclusive.
Pay of the army 96.120.
Subsisce do 43.68 Wm Simmons
Forage do 24. Ds 187.68 Acct.
Pay of the army 97 120.
Subsisce do 43.68 Ds 3[undecipherable: 15]36/100.
Forage do 24. Ds 187.68
The Secretary of War
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Accountants Office
April 17th 1797
I certify that there is due to the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers, stationed at West Point the sum of [underline: Nine hundred & eighty seven dollars 20/100;] being for the Pay, Subsistence & Forage of the Commissioned Officers and the Pay of the non Commissioned Officers and Privates to the 31st March 1797; which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Esqr Supervisor of New York and by him paid to Nehemiah Freeman Temporary Pay Master at West Point, who is to be accountable for the due application thereof.
Pay of the army 869.18 Subsisce of Officers 2.34 56
Forage of Officers 30. } in 1797 do do 55.68 97
Drs 98720/100 Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct.
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Accountants Office
April 17th 1797
I certify that there is due to Edmund H. Quincy, the sum of [underline: One hundred dollars;] being for his compensation as Superintendant of the Navy Yard at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, from 1st January to 31st March 1797; which sum is to be transmitted to Joshua Wentworth, Supervisor of New Hampshire.
Drs 100. Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct.
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Accountants Office
April 18th 1797
I certify that there is due to Samuel Wolcott late Fifer in the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers [underline: two dollars and Eighty three Cents] being for his Pay from 1st April to 17th 1797 inclusive the day of his discharge.
Cts 2.83/100. Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $987.20 is due the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point, New York, being the pay, subsistence, and forage of the commissioned officers, and the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates, through March 1797.
Date
04/17/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1797041721155
Page start
391
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
Nehemiah Freeman
temporary paymaster
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
West Point, New York
commissioned officers
non-commissioned officers
privates
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
subsistence
forage

