Certification of payments; detachment at Governors Island
Document 1798Certification that $331.81 is due a detachment of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers stationed at Governors Island under the command of Captain Frederick Frye, being the pay of himself, Lieutenant William Wilson, Surgeon's Mate Samuel Osborn (including forage), and the non-commissioned officers and privates for January 1798.
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Accountants Office
February 5th 1798
I Certify that this order to paid Horatio B. Enos of the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers the sum of Thirty nine Dollars & twenty two Cents being for his pay & subsistence for January 1793 which sum is to be transmitted to, received his subsistence in Kind, to be reimputed to the said Lieutt Enos's
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Pay of the Army 30 —
Subsist of Officers 9 42
Dollars 39. 42
The Secy of War —
H Simmons
Acctt
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Accountants Office
February 5 1798
I Certify that this order is to be drawn on the [undecipherable] of the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers in favor of the Warden, Bind under the command of Capt. [undecipherable] Morris the sum of three hundred thirty two Dollars [undecipherable] three Cents, being for pay of himself Lieutt Samuel D. Lyon & Philip Sanders & the non commissioned Officers Privates of the said Detachment for January 1793 which sum is to be transmitted to John Kelly Supervisor Baltimore to be compared to the said Captain Morris who is to be accountable for the due application of the same —
H Simmons
Acctt
Pay of the Army for 1793 332. 93
The Secy of War —
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Accountants Office
February 5 1798
I Certify that this order is to be drawn on the receipt of [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] Artillerists & Engineers [undecipherable] and order the command of Capt [undecipherable] for the sum of three hundred thirty One Dollars [undecipherable] eighty one Cents, being for pay of twenty three [undecipherable] Militia [undecipherable] composed [undecipherable] and subsistence — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] including forage of the non commissioned officers & [undecipherable] of this detachment for January 1793 which sum is to be transmitted to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to be compared to the said Captain [undecipherable] who is to be accountable —
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $331.81 is due a detachment of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers stationed at Governors Island under the command of Captain Frederick Frye, being the pay of himself, Lieutenant William Wilson, Surgeon's Mate Samuel Osborn (including forage), and the non-commissioned officers and privates for January 1798.
Date
02/08/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798020821555
Page start
100
Note
Account of Frederick Frye and detachment.
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
Supervisor New York
detachment
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
Captain Frederick Frye
Lieutenant William Wilson
Surgeon's Mate Samuel Osborn
non-commissioned officers
privates
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Governors Island
New York
Notable items
pay
forage

