Certification of payments Captain Staats Morris
Document 1797Certification that $26 is due Captain Staats Morris of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being the balance of his recruiting account and a [reward] paid by him for apprehending Cornelius Larny, a deserter from his company.
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Accountants Office
November 7th 1797
I certify that there is due to Staats Morris Captain in the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers the sum of twenty Six Dollars owing for Balance of his Recruiting account and for a reward paid by him for apprehending Cornelius Avery a Deserter from his Company which sum is to be transmitted to John Kelly Supervisor Baltimore to be by him paid to the Said Staats Morris —
Wm Simmons
A.A.
Expence of Recruiting. 16.
Said & Only Expence. 10
Dollars. 36.
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
November 7th 1797
I certify that there is due to Captain Staats Morris Serjeant Samuel [undecipherable] own and the non commissioned Officers & Privates of the detachment stationed at Fort Wolcottens land the sum of Three hundred Dollars being for his and their Pay for October 1797 which sum is to be transmitted to John Kelly Supervisor at Baltimore to be by him paid to the Said Captain Morris who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof.
Wm Simmons
A.A.
Pay of the Army for 300 Dollars
The Secretary of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $26 is due Captain Staats Morris of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being the balance of his recruiting account and a [reward] paid by him for apprehending Cornelius Larny, a deserter from his company.
Date
11/07/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797110721255
Page start
46
Note
Account of Staats Morris
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Supervisor of Baltimore
Cornelius Larny
Captain Staats Morris
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
deserter
War Office
Accountant's Office
accountant
John Kilty
Supervisor Baltimore
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Baltimore
Philadelphia
War Office
Accountant's Office
Notable items
recruiting
reward
deserters
pay

