Certification of payments due; Subsistence of Capt. Bruff & Officers
Document 1797Certification that $424.36 is due Capt. James Bruff, Lieutenants Nanning J. Vischer and John McClallen, and Surgeon's Mate John G. Coffin, being their subsistence through July 1797.
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Accountants Office
September 2d 1797
I certify that there is due to John Steel Coxswain and the crew of the Public Barge employed at West Island Fort the sum of [underline: Sixty four Dollars] owing for his pay and then pay for August 1797 which sum is payable to the said John Steel Jordan.
Incd Plan 6x no 77 [undecipherable]t Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct
Accountants Office
August 31st 1797 —
I certify that there is due to Capt James Bruff, Lieut Manning & Vischer John McClallen & Burgess Mate John Liff the sum of [underline: four hundred twenty four dollars & thirty six Cents] being for their subsistence to the 31 July 1797 inclusive which sum is payable to Samuel Livres Clerk in the War Office to be by him transmitted to Manning & Vischer who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof.
Debts of Officers for p. 31.11
[undecipherable] 97 [undecipherable: $325]
On $424 36
Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct
Accountants Office
September 4th 1797
I certify that there is due to [undecipherable] Robert Lincoln and the detachment under my command stationed at Fort Osay the sum of [underline: [undecipherable: two] dollars and Seventy nine Cents] owing for his and their pay from 1 Jannuary to 30 June 1797
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $424.36 is due Capt. James Bruff, Lieutenants Nanning J. Vischer and John McClallen, and Surgeon's Mate John G. Coffin, being their subsistence through July 1797.
Date
08/31/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797083121152
Page start
18
Note
Account of James Bruff and officers.
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Samuel Lewis
Captain James Bruff
Lieutenant Nanning J. Vischer
Lieutenant John McClallen
Surgeon's Mate John G. Coffin
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Notable items
subsistence
pay

