Certification of payment; detachment at West Point New York
Document 1797Certification that $19 is due a Detachment of the 1st Regiment stationed at West Point for the service of the Ordnance Department, being their pay for June 1797.
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Accountants Office
August 3 1797
I certify that there is due to a Detachment of the Corps of Artificers & Engineers stationed at Fort Whetstone point the sum of [underline: five hundred thirty eight dollars and seventy three cents] being for the Pay of Lieut Samuel D. Dean and the non Commissioned Officers and Privates of the said Detachment for July 1797 which sum is to be transmitted to John Kilty Supervisor at Baltimore to be by him paid to the said Lieut Dean who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof.
[Ds] 538.73 Pay of the ar 1797
The Secy of War
Wm Simmons
Acct
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Accountants Office
August 4th 1797
I certify that there is due to a Detachment of the 1st Regiment stationed at West Point for the service of the Ordnance Department the sum of [underline: Nineteen dollars] being for their Pay for June 1797 which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Supervisor New York and to be by him paid to George Heming Military Store Keeper who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof.
Ds 19
The Secy of War
Wm Simmons
Acct
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $19 is due a Detachment of the 1st Regiment stationed at West Point for the service of the Ordnance Department, being their pay for June 1797.
Date
08/07/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797080721052
Page start
9
Note
Pay to Nicholas Fish
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
Supervisor of New York
George Fleming
Military Storekeeper
detachment
1st Regiment
accountant
Secretary of War
Ordnance Department
Notable locations
West Point
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay

