Certification of payments Captain Staats Morris & His Men
Document 1797Certification that $300 is due Captain Staats Morris, Lieutenant Samuel Dyson, and the non-commissioned officers and privates of the detachment stationed at Fort Whetstone, Maryland being his and their pay for October 1797.
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Accountants Office
November 7 1799
I certify that there is due to Saml. Morris Captain in the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers the sum of twenty-six Dollars owing for ballance of his Recruiting account and for a reward paid by him for apprehending Cornelius Lacey a Deserter from his Company which sum is to be transmitted to John Kelly Supervisor Baltimore to be by him paid to the Said Saml. Morris —
Wm Simmons
*Expence of Recruiting 16*
*Suml. & only Expence 10*
*Dollars 26*
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
November 7 1799
I certify that there is due to Captain Steals Morris Serjeant Samuel [undecipherable] own and the non commissioned Officers & Recruits of the detachment stationed at Fort Whetstone, band the sum of Three hundred Dollars being for his and their Hay for October 1799 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.
The Secretary of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $300 is due Captain Staats Morris, Lieutenant Samuel Dyson, and the non-commissioned officers and privates of the detachment stationed at Fort Whetstone, Maryland being his and their pay for October 1797.
Date
11/07/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797110721355
Page start
46
Note
Account of Staats Morris and detachment
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John Kilty
Supervisor Baltimore
Captain Staats Morris
Lieutenant Samuel Dyson
non-commissioned officers
privates
detachment
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Fort Whetstone, Maryland
Baltimore
Notable items
pay

