Certification of payments due; pay of John Steele & Men
Document 1797Certification that $64 is due John Steele, Coxswain, and the crew of the public barge at Mud Island Fort, being his and their pay for August 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 their pay for August 1797 which sum is payable to the said John Steel Jordan.
Issued Plent 6x to 77 84m Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct
Accountants Office
August 31st 1797 —
I certify that there is due to Capt James Bruff Lieutt Manning & Visscher John McCallien & Burjons Mate John Giff 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 Devers Clerk in the War Office to be by him transmitted to Manning & Visscher who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof.
Debts of Officers for p 31 II
97 432 25
On 424 36 Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct
Accountants Office
September 4th 1797
I certify that there is due to Second Robert Lincoln and the detachment under his command stationed at Fort Osay the sum of [underline: [undecipherable: two] dollars and Seventy nine Cents] owing for his and their pay from 1 January to 30 June 1797
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $64 is due John Steele, Coxswain, and the crew of the public barge at Mud Island Fort, being his and their pay for August 1797.
Date
09/02/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797090221052
Page start
18
Note
Account of John Steele
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John Steel
John Steele
coxswain
crew
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Mud Island Fort
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
public barge

