Certification of payments; John McNail, mattross
Document 1797Certification that $4.60 is due John McNail, late a Mattross [gunner's assistant] in Capt. Porter's Company of Artillerists and Engineers, being the balance of his pay from August 1 to September 12, 1797, the day his term of service expired.
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Accountants Office
December 8th 1797
I certify that there is due to Jonathan Jackson Esquire at Boston the Sum of fourteen Dollars 3 ninety seven cents being for his commission for receiving & paying monies for the War Department for the quarter ending
31 1797 H Simmons Acct
[undecipherable] Head Qua[undecipherable] p[undecipherable] 1797 [undecipherable]
The No 12 War
Accountants Office
December 9th 1797
I certify that there is due to James Whitten [undecipherable] late [a] private in the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers the sum of Six Dollars eighty four cents being for his pay from the 1 November the day he was last paid to [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] 1797 the day of his discharge.
H Simmons
Acct
[undecipherable] Army p[undecipherable]
The No[undecipherable] War
Accountants Office
December 9th 1797
I certify that there is due to [undecipherable] McNeal [undecipherable] a Matross in Capt [undecipherable] Company of Artillerists & Engineers the sum of four Dollars [undecipherable] forty [undecipherable] cents [undecipherable] balance [undecipherable] pay from [undecipherable] the time he was last paid to [undecipherable] in September 1797 the day his term of service expired.
H Simmons
Acct
The No[undecipherable] War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $4.60 is due John McNail, late a Mattross [gunner's assistant] in Capt. Porter's Company of Artillerists and Engineers, being the balance of his pay from August 1 to September 12, 1797, the day his term of service expired.
Date
12/26/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797122621155
Page start
74
Note
Account of John McNail.
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John McNail
mattross
Captain Porter
Company of Artillerists and Engineers
paymaster
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
balance
service expired

