Certification of payments due; pay & subsistence of Lieutenant Horatio Dayton
Document 1797Certification of payments due; $161.02 is due Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being his pay for July and August 1797 and the balance of his subsistence from November 1796 through June 1797.
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Accountants Office
September 26th 1797
I Certify that there is due to Sergeant Philip Williams and the men under his command stationed at Fort Johnston North Carolina the sum of [underline: fifty six dollars] being for his and their pay for July & August 1797 which sum is to be transmitted to James Read Esq Collector Wilmington N Carolina, who is to be accountable for the disbursement thereof.
No 36. William Simmons
The Secretary of War Acctt.
Accountants Office
September 29th 1797
I Certify that there is due to John Martini private in the 5th Regiment and Waiter to Captain Thomas Lucas the sum of [underline: twelve dollars] being for his pay for July August and September 1797
Dpt 12 Pay of the army Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acctt.
Accountants Office
September 29th 1797
I Certify that there is due to Horatio H. Dayton Lieutenant of Artillerists & Engineers the sum of [underline: One hundred sixty one dollars and two cents] being for his pay for July and August 1797 and balance of subsistence from the 1st Nov 1796 to the 8th June 1797 which amount is to be transmitted to Samuel Davis Clerk in the War Office to the said Lieutenant Dayton.
Pay of the army &c Wm Simmons
Subsistence &c 1797 [undecipherable] Acctt.
The Secretary of
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payments due; $161.02 is due Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being his pay for July and August 1797 and the balance of his subsistence from November 1796 through June 1797.
Date
09/27/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797092721052
Page start
26
Note
Account of Horatio Dayton
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Samuel Lewis
Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
subsistence
balance

