Pay of John Steel, coxswain, & his men at Mud Island Fort
Document 1797Certification that $64 is due John Steel, Coxswain, and the men employed on board the public barge at Mud Island Fort, being his and their pay for May 1797.
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Accountants Office 416
May 29th 1797
I Certify that there is due to Edward Dowden late a private in the 3d United States Regiment the sum of [underline: Sixty eight dollars] being for his pay from the 1st June 1795 to 31st October 1796 inclusive.
Pay of the Army for 1795- 28
Do nob 40
Dr 68 Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct
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Accountants Office
June 1st 1797
I Certify that there is due to John Steel, Boatswain and the men employed on board the Public Barge stationed at Mud Island Fort the sum of [underline: Sixty four Dollars] being for his and their Pay for the month of May 1797 which sum is payable to the said John Steel's Attorney.
Dr 64 [undecipherable] Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct
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Accountants Office
June 7th 1797
I Certify that there is due to Donald Grant Mitchell Captain in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers the sum of [underline: Twenty Seven dollars and forty five Cents] being for his Subsistence from the 1st April to the 31st May 1797 inclusively.
Dr 27 45/100 The Secy of War Wm Simmons Acct
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $64 is due John Steel, Coxswain, and the men employed on board the public barge at Mud Island Fort, being his and their pay for May 1797.
Date
06/01/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1797060121055
Page start
416
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
men
John Steel
John Steele
coxswain
accountant
attorney
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Mud Island Fort
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
public barge

