Certification of payments due Captain Frye & His Men
Document 1797Certification that $390.53 is due a detachment of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at Governors island, being for the pay, subsistence,and forage of Captain Frederick Frye and Surgeon's Mate Samuel Osborne, and the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates, for October 1797.
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Accountants Office
November 8th 1797
I Certify that there is due to Lieutenant Pain More and the detachment of Recruits under his command stationed at the Rendezvous at New York the sum of Forty eight Dollars and eighty seven Cents, being for him and their Pay for October 1797 which Sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Seth Supervisor New York & to be by him paid to the said Lieutenant More who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof.
Wm Simmons
Acct
[Pay of the Army for Oct 48.87]
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
November 8th 1797
I Certify that there is due to a detachment of the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers stationed at Governors Island the sum of Three hundred & Ninety Dollars and fifty three Cents being for their Pay & Subsistence of Captain Frederick Frye Pay Subsistence & forage Noncommissioned Male Samuel Osburn and for the pay of the non Commissioned Officers & Privates of the said detachment for October 1797 which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Seth Supervisor New York & to be him paid to the Said Captain Frye who is to be accountable for the due application thereof.
Wm Simmons
Acct
[Pay for Army 349.00
Subsist Officers 11.69
forage of Battle 1.
Dollars 360. 53]
The Secretary of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $390.53 is due a detachment of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at Governors island, being for the pay, subsistence,and forage of Captain Frederick Frye and Surgeon's Mate Samuel Osborne, and the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates, for October 1797.
Date
11/04/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797110421155
Page start
44
Note
Account of Frederick Frye and detachment.
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
Supervisor New York
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
Captain Frederick Frye
Surgeon's Mate Samuel Osborne
non-commissioned officers
privates
accountant
Secretary of War
detachment
men
Notable locations
Accountants Office
New York
Governors island
Notable items
pay
subsistence
forage

