Certification of payments due; pay of Captain Morris & His Men
Document 1797Certification that $349.69 is due Lieutenant Samuel Dyson and Captain Staats Morris and the men under his command at Whetstone Point, Baltimore Maryland, being his pay for August and September 1797 and their pay September 1797.
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Accountants Office
October 1st 1797
I certify that there is due to Capt. Staats Morris, Lieut Samuel J. Pryor of the non commissioned Officers & privates stationed at Whetstone point, under the command of Capt. Morris the sum of [underline: Three hundred forty nine dollars &c;] being for his pay for August & September and their pay for September 1797 which sum is to be transmitted to John Hiltz Supervisor at Baltimore to be by him paid to the said Capt. Morris who is to be held accountable for the due application of the same.
$m 349.— Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct.
Accountants Office
October 11th 1797
I certify that there is due to Major Constant Freeman of the artillerists & Engineers the sum of [underline: Four hundred & twenty seven dollars] being for his pay subsistence and forage from the 1st May to the 30th September 1797.
375 Pay of the Army
102 Subsistence of Officers
30 Forage of Officers
$m 427 Wm Simmons
The Secretary of War Acct.
Accountants Office
October 13th 1797
I certify that there is due to George Fleming Cutman and Military Store Keeper at West Point the sum of Three
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $349.69 is due Lieutenant Samuel Dyson and Captain Staats Morris and the men under his command at Whetstone Point, Baltimore Maryland, being his pay for August and September 1797 and their pay September 1797.
Date
10/11/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797101121455
Page start
36
Note
Account of Staats Morris and detachment.
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John Kilty
supervisor Baltimore
Lieutenant Samuel Dyson
men
command
Captain Staats Morris
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Whetstone Point
Baltimore
Maryland
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay

