Certification of payments; John Steele & Crew
Document 1798Certification that $64 is due John Steele, Coxswain, and the crew of the public barge at Mud Island Fort, being his and their pay for January 1798.
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Accountants Office
February 1[undecipherable] 1798
I certify that there is due to John [undecipherable] Nicholson from the sum of two hundred and ten Dollars being for his services in inspecting and proving sundry Public military Store from the 10th November 1797 to the 10th February 1798 —
Dollars 210 —
The Sec of War
W. Simmons
Acct
Accountants Office
February 13 179[undecipherable]
A Certify that there is due to John Stark Penniman and the [undecipherable] of the Public Pay employed at West Point, and the sum of [undecipherable] Dollars being for [undecipherable] store pay for January 179[undecipherable] which sum is applicable to the said John Stark for order
[undecipherable] Cont Expend p 14
The Sec [undecipherable]
T. Simmons
Acct
Accountants Office
February 13 1798
A Certify that there is due to detachment of the Corps of Artillery & Engineers, and to a detachment of Infantry, both Stationed at Fort Niagara under the command of Major [undecipherable] Edwards the sum of eight hundred [undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable] cents being [undecipherable] James [undecipherable]
Pay [undecipherable] Forage of Subaltern & [undecipherable] master from [undecipherable] Allen [undecipherable] the Quartermaster [undecipherable] John G[undecipherable] — the pay of two non commission Officers & Privates of the said detachment for November & December 179[undecipherable]
Say by the Army — 361 39
pay of Officers — [undecipherable] 29
[undecipherable] 4[undecipherable] 24
Stated of them
[undecipherable] Simmons
Acct
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $64 is due John Steele, Coxswain, and the crew of the public barge at Mud Island Fort, being his and their pay for January 1798.
Date
02/13/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798021321155
Page start
102
Note
Account of John Steele and Crew.
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John Steel
John Steele
crew
coxswain
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Mud Island Fort
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
public barge

