Pay of Private John Purmer, late of Captain Uriah Springer's Company of Riflemen
Document 1797Certification that $17.55 is due Private John Purmer, late of Captain Uriah Springer's Company of Riflemen, being his pay from January 1 to May 12, 1795, the day of his discharge.
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being part of the period he was in captivity with the Savages and which was short calculated in his account Reported in this Office the 13th Inst which sum is payable to John Gibson per order of Robert Brotherton Attorney for the said Christopher Sandiford.
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The Secretary of War
Peter Hagner
Pr. Clk.
Accountants Office
April 24th 1797
I Certify that there is due to John Bryant Deputy Comy of Military Stores at Springfield, the sum of [underline: One hundred and twenty dollars;] being for his Compensation from 1 January to 31st March 1797. which sum is to be transmitted to Jonathan Jackson Supervisor of Massachusetts
Drs 120
The Secretary of War
Peter Hagner
Pr. Clk.
Accountants Office
April 25th 1797
I Certify that there is due to [undecipherable: Staats?] Morris Captain in the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers the sum of [underline: fifty eight] Dollars being for his Pay & Subsistence for April 1797.
Pay of the Army for 1797 40 )
[underline: Subsistence of Officers do 18 Ds] 58.
The Secretary of War
Peter Hagner
Pr. Clk.
Accountants Office
April 26th 1797
I Certify that there is due to John Farmer, late a private in Capt Uriah Springers Company of Riflemen, the sum of [underline: Seventeen Dollars 17 55/100;] being for his pay from 1 Jany 1795 the day he was last paid to by the Paymaster, to the 12th May following, (the date of his discharge) which sum is payable to James Dobbin Attorney.
Drs 17 55/100 in 1795
The Secretary of War
Peter Hagner
Pr. Clk.
Accountants Office
April 28th 1797
I Certify that there is due to Captain William Eaton of the 4th Regiment and George Geiger his Waiter [underline: One Hundred Seventy two Dollars and fifty Cents] being for their pay from 1 Janry to the 31st March 1797. and for Capt Eaton's Subsistence for the same period, which sum is to be transmitted to Jonathan Jackson Supervisor of Massachusetts to be paid to the said Captain Eaton
120. Do Pay of Capt Eaton
40. 50 Subsist.ce of Do
12. . Pay of Geo Geiger
[underline: 172. 50 Dollars]
The Secretary of War
Peter Hagner
Pr. Clk.
Accountants Office
April 25th 1797
I Certify that there is due to Capt Cornelius Lyman the sum of [underline: Nineteen Dollars 5 [undecipherable]/100] being the Balance of his Recruiting account Contingencies, Pay & Subsistence to the 30th April 1797 inclusive.
[underline: Fs 19 6c. Pay of the Army for 1797]
The Secretary of War
Peter Hagner
R. Clk.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $17.55 is due Private John Purmer, late of Captain Uriah Springer's Company of Riflemen, being his pay from January 1 to May 12, 1795, the day of his discharge.
Date
04/26/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1797042621055
Page start
394
Notable persons
James McHenry
Peter Hagner
James Dobbin attorney
Private John Purmer
Captain Uriah Springer
Company of Riflemen
accountant
Secretary of War
paymaster
principal clerk
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay

