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 Capt Donald G. Mitchell, & Henry R. Ruthenberger John B. Lynch Surgeons Mate [undecipherable] including [undecipherable] and the [undecipherable] detachment under the Command of [undecipherable] Mitchell Station'd at Reed Island Fort the sum of Ten Hundred & eighty five dollars being [for] his and their Pay for the [Month of] April 1797 [undecipherable] Capt Mitchell to be accountable [for] the due application thereof. —
Pay the Army [undecipherable]
Forage Officers & Wm Simmons
The Secy of War [undecipherable] 284 Acct
Accountants Office
May 3d 1797
I certify that there is due to Thomas [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the sum of Eighteen dollars Thirty cents being for his Subsistence for the Months of March & April 1797—
D[undecipherable] 18[undecipherable] [undecipherable] of Officers [undecipherable] Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War [undecipherable] Acct
Accountants Office
May 3d 1797
I certify that there is due to Daniel Stevens Super visor of South Carolina the sum of Forty eight dollars and Ninety cents being the amount of his Commissions on receiving and paying monies from this Department in the Quarter ending 31 March 1797
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The Sect of War J. William Simmons
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

