Certification of payments; account of Lieutenant Blue
Document 1797Certification that $37.06 is due William H. Blue, late lieutenant of the Cavalry, being the balance of his pay, subsistence, and forage to May 9, 1797, the day of his resignation.
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Accountants Office
December 1797
I Certify that there is due to Major James [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] the sum of Sixty five Dollars being for his pay and forage in November 1797 which sum is payable to [undecipherable] George [undecipherable] or order of the said Major [undecipherable] named.
W Simmons
Act
Dollars 55 [undecipherable: Pay?] of the Army [undecipherable]
10 forage of officers
[D?] 65
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
December 3. 1797
I Certify that there is due to Williams [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of the Cavalry the sum of [undecipherable] Dollars & [undecipherable] Cents being for the balance of his pay subsistence and forage to the 9 May 1797 the date of his resignation which sum is payable to [undecipherable] Simmons per Order
W Simmons
Act
Pay of the Army 21.93
Subsistence of Officers 7.57
Forage of [undecipherable] 7.79
[Doll?] 37. [undecipherable]
The Secretary of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $37.06 is due William H. Blue, late lieutenant of the Cavalry, being the balance of his pay, subsistence, and forage to May 9, 1797, the day of his resignation.
Date
12/08/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797120821255
Page start
65
Note
Account of William Blue.
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Lieutenant William H. Blue
Cavalry
Joseph Simmons
accountant
Secretary of War
officers
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
subsistence
forage
resignation

