Certification of payments; salary of Forman Cheeseman
Document 1798Certification that $100 is due Forman Cheeseman, Superintendent of the Navy Yard at New York, being his salary for October through December 1797.
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Accountants Office
January 30. 1798
I Certify that there is due to Norman Ch[undecipherable]
Superintendent of the Navy Yard at New York the Sum of [undecipherable] hundred [undecipherable]
Dollars & [undecipherable] for his Salary from [1] October to 31 Decem 97 which sum
is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Supervisor New York & [undecipherable] shall
paid to the said Norman Ch[undecipherable]
Dollars 00. W Simmons
Acct
The [undecipherable] of War
Accountants Office
January 30. 1798
I Certify that there is due to Camp[undecipherable] [undecipherable: Judge Advocate] in the Army of the United States the sum of
Two hundred sixty four Dollars [undecipherable] owing for his Pay Subsistence & Forage
from 1 October to 31 December 97 inclusive
Pay of the time 162.— W.P. Simmons
Subs. of [undecipherable] 19.95 Acct
Forage at 40
$ [undecipherable] 264.91
The [undecipherable] of War
Accountants Office
January 31st 1798
I certify that there is due to Henry A. M[undecipherable]
Supervisor of the district of Pennsylvania the sum [undecipherable] one Dollars &
[undecipherable] owing for his commission for receiving & paying money from the
Department by [undecipherable] from 9 March 92 to 25 [undecipherable] July 96
$[undecipherable] [undecipherable] 31 [undecipherable] W Simmons
Acct
The [undecipherable] of [undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $100 is due Forman Cheeseman, Superintendent of the Navy Yard at New York, being his salary for October through December 1797.
Date
01/30/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798013021255
Page start
94
Note
Account of Forman Cheeseman.
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
Forman Cheeseman, Superintendent of the Navy Yard at New York
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
New York
navy yard
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
salary
frigate construction

