Pay & Subsistence of Navy Captain Thomas Truxton [Truxtun]
Document 1797Certification that $667.20 is due Thomas Truxton, Captain of the frigate building at Baltimore, being his pay and subsistence for January [through June] 1797.
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going to and from [undecipherable] as admitted by the Secretary of War which sum is to be transmitted
Pay 225 } to Jonathan Jackson Supervisor
Subsist 108 } of Massachusetts & by him paid
Contint 23 75/100 to the said Capt Nicholson
Drs 356 75/100 Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War acct
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Accountants Office
June 30th 1797
I certify that there is due to C. P. Pourcheresse the sum of [underline: Ninety dollars;] being for his Compensation as aBistant Storekeeper at Springfield from 1st April to 30th June 1797 inclusive which sum is to be transmitted by Samuel Lewis Sent to the said Pourcheresse at Springfield.
Drs 90. Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War acct
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Accountants Office
July 1st 1797
I certify that there is due to Thomas Truxton Captain of the Frigate building at Baltimore the sum of [underline: Six hundred sixty seven dollars & twenty cents] being for his Pay and Subsistence from 1st January to 30th [17]97 inclusive
Pay 450
Subsist 217 24/100
Drs 667 24/100 Wm Simmons
The Sect of War acct
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $667.20 is due Thomas Truxton, Captain of the frigate building at Baltimore, being his pay and subsistence for January [through June] 1797.
Date
07/01/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1797070121055
Page start
428
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Captain Thomas Truxton
USS Constellation
United States Navy
Captain Thomas Truxtun
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Baltimore shipyard
Maryland
Notable items
pay
subsistence
frigate construction

