Certification of payments due; pay of Lieutenant Tallman
Document 1797Certification of payments; $270.33 is due Lieutenant Peter Tallman of the Artillerists and Engineers stationed at Niagara, being his pay from January through June 1797 and subsistence from December 1, 1796 to July 13, 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 —
Subs for 1796 67.78
do 1797 98. S
Do 318.81
Wm Simmons
Acct.
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
September 30th 1797
I certify that there is due to P. Tallman 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 Tallman.
Pay 156.
Subsistence for 1796 15.91
do 1797 98.42
Do 270.33
Wm Simmons
Acct.
The Secretary of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payments; $270.33 is due Lieutenant Peter Tallman of the Artillerists and Engineers stationed at Niagara, being his pay from January through June 1797 and subsistence from December 1, 1796 to July 13, 1797.
Date
09/30/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797093021255
Page start
28
Note
Account of Theophilus Elmer
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
James O'Hara
Lieutenant Peter Tallman
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Niagara
New York
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
subsistence

