Certification of payments due; pay of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point
Document 1797Certification that $961 is due the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers stationed at West Point, being the pay and forage of the officers, and the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates of the Corps, for August 1797.
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Accountants Office
September 13th 1799
I Certify that there is due to Oliver Watson late a private in Capt John I Wood's Troop of Dragoons the sum of [underline: sixty six dollars and sixty cents] being for his pay from 1st May 1796, the time he was last paid to 13th September 1797 the day of his discharge.
Pay of the Army 1796 32.
— — — 1797 33.60
[underline: 2nd 65.60] Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct
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Accountants Office
September 13 1799
I Certify that there is due to John Simmons late a private in Capt Andrews company of the 2nd sub legion the sum of [underline: Thirty dollars and fifty Cents] being for his pay from the 1st August 1798 to the 5th June 1799 the date of his discharge as will fully appear by abstract D No 307 —
Do [undecipherable] Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War acct
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Accountants Office
September 13th 1799
I Certify that there is due to the Corps of Artificers Engineers Stationed at West Point the sum of [underline: Nine hundred sixty one dollars] being for the pay & forage of the Officers and the pay of the Non Commissioned Officers and privates of the said Corps for the month of August 1799 which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $961 is due the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers stationed at West Point, being the pay and forage of the officers, and the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates of the Corps, for August 1797.
Date
09/13/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797091321152
Page start
23
Note
Account of Nehemiah Freeman and Corps at West Point.
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
Nehemiah Freeman
temporary paymaster at West Point
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
accountant
Secretary of War
officers
non commissioned officers
privates
supervisor New York
Notable locations
West Point
New York
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
forage

