Certification of payments due; pay of detachment at West Point
Document 1797Certification that $22.21 is due a detachment of the 1st Regiment stationed at West Point for the service of the Ordnance Department, being their pay for August 1797.
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pay of Lieutt Henry Muhlentyre, Pay & Forage of John R. [undecipherable] Surpeons mate Pay of the non Commisioned Officers & Recruits of the said detachment for August 1797, which sum is payable to Lieut George R. Rest who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof.
Pay of the army for 1797 2072/3
Forage of Officers 0
Do 2002/3 Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War acctt
Accountants Office
September 9th 1797
I Certify that there is due to David Stanton late a Sargent in the corps of artillerists and Engineers the sum of [underline: twenty five dollars & fifty cents] being for his pay from May (the time he was last paid to by Captain Kallison,) to the 28th August 1797 inclusive the day of his discharge.
Pay of the Army 1797 93 to 92nd Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War acctt
Accountants Office
September 11. 1797
I Certify that there is due to a detachment of the United States 1st Regiment Stationed at West Point for the service of the Ordnance Department the sum of [underline: Seventy two dollars and twenty one cents] being for their pay for the month of August 1797 which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Supervisor at New York to be by him paid to George Herning, Military Storekeeper at West Point who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof. Wm Simmons
[undecipherable] The Secy of War acctt
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $22.21 is due a detachment of the 1st Regiment stationed at West Point for the service of the Ordnance Department, being their pay for August 1797.
Date
09/11/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797091121052
Page start
22
Note
Account of George Fleming and detachment.
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
George Fleming
military storekeeper at West Point
detachment
1st Regiment
Ordnance Department
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountants Office
West Point
New York
Notable items
pay

