Pay, Subsistence, & Expenses of Captain Samuel Nicholson, US Navy
Document 1797Certification that $356.85 is due Captain Samuel Nicholson of the US Navy, being his pay and subsistence from April through June 1797 and sundry expenses admitted by the Secretary of War to be transmitted to Jonathan Jackson Supervisor of Massachusetts.
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Accountants Office
June 27th 1797
I Certify that there is due to John De wide late a private in Capt. Phinnel Hutchisons Company Corps of Artillerists & Engineers the sum of [underline: Eleven Dollars and twenty five Cents] being for his pay from 1. March the time he was last paid to by the Captain to 25th May 1797 the day of his discharge.
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The Secretary of War 2154 Acct
Wm Simmens
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Accountants Office
June 28th 1797
I Certify that there is due to the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers stationed at West Point the sum of [underline: One Thousand thirty six dollars & forty six Cents] being for the Pay and forage of the Officers & the Pay of the Non Commissioned Officers and Privates at the said Garrison for the month of May 1797 which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Supervisor, New York and to be by him paid to Nehemiah Freeman, temporary Paymaster at West Point who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof.
Pay of the Army for 1797. 1006.46
Forage of Officers d 36
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Wm Simmens Acct
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $356.85 is due Captain Samuel Nicholson of the US Navy, being his pay and subsistence from April through June 1797 and sundry expenses admitted by the Secretary of War to be transmitted to Jonathan Jackson Supervisor of Massachusetts.
Date
06/30/1797
Author
Recipient
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Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1797063021455
Page start
427
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Captain Samuel Nicholson
United States Navy
Jonathan Jackson Supervisor Massachusetts
USS Constitution
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Boston Massachusetts shipyard
Notable items
pay
subsistence
expenses
frigate construction

