Certification of payments; Private Richard Town
Document 1797Certification of payments; Richard Town, late a private in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers under Captain Donald Mitchell's Company, the sum of $7.43 from 1 January to 24 February 1798, the date of his discharge.
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1 July 1796 to 31st December 1797 inclusive —
Acct & Bond Exp. 1658.1 J Wagner
[undecipherable]
The Sec of War
Warr N°[undecipherable]
Accountants Office
February 25th 1798
I certify that there is due to Boyd Kingdom late Clerk of the Navy Yard Philadelphia the sum of twenty Dollars eighty three Cents, being for his salary from 1st January to 20th February 1798 inclusive the date of his resignation
John Hagner
D°70.83 [undecipherable]
The Sec of War
Warr N° 2690
Accountants Office
February 26th 1798
I certify that there is due to Richard Town late [undecipherable] Private in the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers Captain Donald G. Mitchell Companys the sum of seven Dollars forty three [undecipherable] being for his pay from 1st January to the 22 February 1798 the date of his discharge —
John Hagner
D°7.43 [undecipherable]
The Sec of War
Accountants Office
March 1st 1798
I Certify that there is due to Andrew Hoffman Treasurer [undecipherable] one hundred & forty Dollars forty seven cents being for Blacksmiths work in repairing Guns & making repairing Gun carriages from 1st August to 8th December 1797 agreeable to the Certificate of Samuel Hodgdon Superintendent of Military Stores
Peter Hagner
D°140.47 [undecipherable]
The Sec of War —
Warr N° 2630
Accountants Office
March 3d 1798
I Certify that there is due to John Steele Coxswain under the [undecipherable] Corps stationed at Mud Island and the sum of [undecipherable] four Dollars being for his and their Pay for February 1798 [undecipherable] payable to John Steele per order —
Peter Hagner
Doll 64.— [undecipherable]
The Sec of War
Warr N° 2632
Accountants Office
March 7th 1798
I certify that there is due to Jonathan Jackson Purveyor of the [undecipherable] the sum of forty [undecipherable] Dollars and thirteen Cents being the amount of his account of Commissions for receiving & paying monies from the Department from 1st April to the 31st December 1797
— D°42.13 Peter Hagner
[undecipherable]
The Sec of War
[Warr 2631]
Accountants Office
March 5th 1798
I certify that there is due to a detachment of [undecipherable] Infantry [undecipherable] stationed at Governors Island under the command of Capt Frederick [undecipherable] the sum of three hundred sixty five Dollars & thirty five Cents being for [undecipherable] pay [undecipherable] and their William [undecipherable] also [undecipherable] Samuel Stewart Surgeon Mate — the Pay of the non commissioned Officers & Privates of the said Detachment for February 1798 which sum is to be transmitted to [undecipherable] New York [undecipherable] who is to be held accountable for the due application of the same —
D°365.70 [undecipherable] Peter Hagner
19.70 Subaltern [undecipherable] Officers [undecipherable]
[undecipherable]
$365.45
The Sec of War
Accountants Office
March 8th 1798
I certify that there is due to a detachment of the Corps of [undecipherable] Dragoons stationed at Fort M'Henry under the command of Capt [undecipherable] the sum of three Hundred & thirty five Dollars being for the pay of [undecipherable] Lieutenant Samuel [undecipherable] & Philip Sanders and the non commissioned Officers & Privates of said Detachment for February 1798 which sum is to be [underline: transmitted] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] who is to be held accountable for the due application of the same —
1-D°335. — Peter Hagner
[undecipherable]
The Sec of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payments; Richard Town, late a private in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers under Captain Donald Mitchell's Company, the sum of $7.43 from 1 January to 24 February 1798, the date of his discharge.
Date
02/28/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798022621155
Page start
114
Note
Account of Richard Town.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Peter Hagner
Private Richard Town
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
Captain Donald Mitchell
Company
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
discharge

