Salary of Caleb Gibbs, Clerk to the Naval Yard at Boston
Document 1797Certification that $187.50 is due Caleb Gibbs, Clerk to the Naval Yard at Boston, being his salary for April through June 1797.
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=mitted to Nicholas Fish Supervisor New York, and to be by him paid to the said Captain Frye who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof.
Pay 341.63
Sub. 23. 20s
Forage 6.,
Ds [undecipherable]/100. 1797 Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War [undecipherable] Acct
Accountants Office
July 6th 1797
I certify that there is due to Frederick Sprig Assistant Military Storekeeper at West-Point the sum of [underline: Ninety Dollars] being for his Pay from 1st April to 30th June 1797 inclusive which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Supervisor New York and to be by him paid to the said Frederick Sprig.
Ds 90— In & Cont 9t 1797 Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct
Accountants Office
July 6th 1797
I certify that there is due to Caleb Gibbs Clerk to the naval yard at Boston the sum of [underline: One hundred eighty seven dollars and fifty Cents] being for his salary from the 1st April to 30th June 1797 inclusive which sum is to be trans=mitted to Jonathan Jackson Supervisor Boston and to be by him paid to the said Caleb Gibbs
Ds 187 50/100 Cont No Dept Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct
Accountants Office
July 6th 1797
I certify that there is due to John Chester Esqr Supervisor of Connecticutt the sum of [underline: Twenty eight Dollars and fifty seven Cents] being the amount of his account on receiving and paying monies from this Department from January 26th 1796 to 30th June 1797 inclusive
Ds 28 57/100 Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct
Accountants Office
July 6th 1797
I certify that there is due to Capt Donald G. Mitchell Lieut Henry Muhlenberg, and the men under the command of Capt Mitchell at Mud Island Fort — the sum of [underline: Two hundred and Ninety two Dollars,] being for his, and their Pay for the month of June 1797. Capt Mitchell to be held accountable for the due application thereof.
Wm Simmons
Acct
Ds 292 The Secy of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $187.50 is due Caleb Gibbs, Clerk to the Naval Yard at Boston, being his salary for April through June 1797.
Date
07/06/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Collection
Document number
1797070621455
Page start
434
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Caleb Gibbs
United States Navy
accountant
Secretary of War
clerk navy yard Boston
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Boston Massachusetts
Charlestown Massachusetts
Notable items
salary
frigate construction
USS Constitution

