Pay & Forage of the Artillerists & Engineers stationed at West Point, New York
Document 1797Certification that $1271 is due the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers stationed at West Point, New York, being the pay and forage of the commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates through April 1797.
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Accountants Office
May 6th 1769
I Certify that there is due to John Ramsay private in Capt Richard H Granton's Company 2d rcconment the sume [strikethrough: Sixteen dollars] being for his pay from 1 Aug to 30th April 1769 which sum is to be transmitted to Jonathan Jackson [undecipherable: sec?] Supt Massachusetts and by him paid to said Captain Graton per order of said Ramsay.
Do 16 Payn regt Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct
Accountants Office
May 11th 1769
I Certify that there is due to Robert Lee, late a Lieutenant in the 2d regiment [underline: Seventy one Dollars and twenty Cents] being for Balance of Pay and Subsistence from the 1st Jany to the 1st March last the day his Resignation was accepted, which amount is payable to John Devant by order of said Lee.
54.30 Pay
15.90 Subsistence
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.25 [undecipherable] expences
Do Pay 2d rect Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct
Accountants Office
May 11th 1769
I Certify that there is due to Constant Freeman Agent to the War Department the sum of [underline: Five Hundred Fifty seven]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $1271 is due the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers stationed at West Point, New York, being the pay and forage of the commissioned officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates through April 1797.
Date
05/12/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1797051221255
Page start
406
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
Nehemiah Freeman
temporary paymaster
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
commissioned officers
non-commissioned officers
privates
Notable locations
West Point
New York
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
forage

