Certification of payments due; pay of Lieutenant Elmer
Document 1797Certification of payments due; $318.81 is due Lt. Theophilus Elmer of the Artillerists and Engineers stationed at Niagara, being his pay from January through June 1797 and his subsistence from August 21, 1796 to July 17, 1797.
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Accountants Office
September 30th 1797
I certify that there is due to Theoph: Elmer Lieutenant of Artillerists and Engineers stationed at Niagara the sum of [underline: Three Hundred eighteen dollars and eighty one cents] being for his Pay from the 1 January to the 30th June 1797 — and subsistence from the 1st August 1796 to the 17th July 1797 which amount is payable to James O'Hara by order from the said Elmer.
Pay . . . . . 156 —
Subsist. for 1796 67. 78
do. 1797 95. 03
[underline: Do 318. 81]
The Secretary of War Wm Simmons
Acct.
Accountants Office
September 30th 1797
I certify that there is due to P. Talliman Lieutenant of Artillerists & Engineers stationed at Niagara the sum of [underline: two hundred and seventy dollars and thirty three Cents] being for his pay from 1 January to 30 June 1797 and subsistence from the 1st December 1796 to the 13 July 1797 which amount is payable to James O'Hara by virtue of an order from said Talliman.
Pay 156.
Subsistence for 1796 15. 91
do. 1797 98. 42
[underline: Do 270. 33]
The Secretary of War Wm Simmons
Acct.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payments due; $318.81 is due Lt. Theophilus Elmer of the Artillerists and Engineers stationed at Niagara, being his pay from January through June 1797 and his subsistence from August 21, 1796 to July 17, 1797.
Date
09/30/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797093021155
Page start
28
Note
Account of Theophilus Elmer
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
James O'Hara
Lieutenant Theophilus Elmer
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Niagara
New York
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
subsistence

