Compensation of Forman Cheeseman, Superintendent of the Stores at the Navy Yard in New York
Document 1797Certification that $200 is due Forman Cheeseman, Superintendent of the Stores at the Navy Yard in New York, being his compensation for October 1796 through March 1797.
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Accountants Office
May 3d 1797
I certify that there is due to Charles Lewis, late a Lieut.t in the 1st Regiment Two Hundred & Ten dollars and Sixty Cents being for his Pay and Subsistence from the 1st April to the 1st October 1796 the date of his Resignation which sum is payable to Thomas Hinkes by virtue of a Power of Attorney.
Pay 156 o
Subsisto 54.60 o
Doll.s 210+60/100
The Secretary of War 2057 Wm Simmons
Acct
Accountants Office
May 3d 1797
I Certify that there is due to Francis Montres
Inspector of the Troops & Garrisons of the United States
the sum of Sixty dollars being for his Pay for the
Month of April last.
Dols 60. Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War 2058 Acct
Accountants Office
May 4th 1797
I Certify that there is due to [undecipherable] Cheeseman
Superintendant of the Stores at Navy Yard New York
the sum of Two Hundred Dollars being for his Compensation from 1st October 1796 to 31st March 1797, which
is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Esqr Supr. New York
[undecipherable] 100 Wm Simmons
[undecipherable] 100 Acct
[undecipherable] 200
The Secretary of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $200 is due Forman Cheeseman, Superintendent of the Stores at the Navy Yard in New York, being his compensation for October 1796 through March 1797.
Date
05/04/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1797050421055
Page start
401
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Forman Cheeseman
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
superintendent of stores
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
New York
Navy Yard New York
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
compensation
frigate construction


