Certification of payments; account of Lieutenant Thomas Van Dyke, Corps of Artillerists and Engineers for expenses apprehending deserter and attending General Court Martial
Document 1797Certification that $16.50 is due Lt. Thomas Van Dyke of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being his expenses pursuing and apprehending John Hall, deserter from Lt. Andrew Marschalk's detachment, who is now confined in Harrisburg Jail [Gaol] and for the hire of a Chair to go to Mud Island Fort to attend a General Court Martial by order of the Secretary of War.
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Accountants Office
December 21. 1797
I Certify that there is due to Buck Tomnody the sum of two hundred eighty five Dollars & Ninety two Cents being the amount of money advanced to him on account of the pay of the seamen & Ordinary Seamen on board the Frigate United States which sum is deducted from the pay of the Individuals on general Settlement the 1st December 1797
W Simmons Acct
Dollars 285. 97 pay of the Navy
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
December 21. 1797
I Certify that there is due to Thomas J Van D[undecipherable] & [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] the sum of Sixteen D ollars & fifty Cents being so much paid by him for apprehension & [undecipherable] of pursuance Peter Bell a deserter from Lieut Andrews detachment Detachment & who is now confined in Harrisburg Goal & for hire of a horse to go to [undecipherable] Island York to attend a general Court Martial by order of the Secretary of War
W Simmons Acct
Lieut Colonel [undecipherable] WD 9th [undecipherable] 1797
The Secretary of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $16.50 is due Lt. Thomas Van Dyke of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being his expenses pursuing and apprehending John Hall, deserter from Lt. Andrew Marschalk's detachment, who is now confined in Harrisburg Jail [Gaol] and for the hire of a Chair to go to Mud Island Fort to attend a General Court Martial by order of the Secretary of War.
Date
12/21/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797122121255
Page start
73
Note
Account of Thomas Van Dyke.
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John Hall
Deserter
Lieutenant Andrew Marschalk
Secretary of War
James McHenry
General Court Martial
Lieutenant Thomas Van Dyke
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
Secretary of War
accountant
Notable locations
Accountants Office
War Office
Philadelphia
Harrisburg Jail
Mud Island Fort
Notable items
desertion
General Court Martial
pay
jail
gaol
chair
expenses
pursuing deserter