Certification of payments; Valentine Hoffman
Document 1797Certification of payment $140.47 Valentine Hoffman for blacksmith work done in repair of gun carriages from 1 August to 15 December.
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[folio 114]
1 July 1796 to 31st December 1797 inclusive —
Acct'd Cont'd Exp. 1658. 1 J Hagner
A/Cla
The Sec of War
Nº: [undecipherable]
Accountants Office
February 25 1798
I Certify that there is due to Lloyd Kingman late Clerk of the
Navy Yard Philadelphia the sum of Seventy Dollars thirteen Cents, being
for his salary from 1st January to 20th February 1798 inclusive the date of his
resignation
Peter Hagner
D°: 70. 13 A.C.
The Sec of War
Nº: 2640
Accountants Office
February 26 1798
I Certify that there is due to Richard Town late [Private?]
in the corps of Artillery & Engineers Captain Donald & Mitchell Company
the sum of Seven Dollars forty three [Cents] being for his pay from 1 January to
the 22 February 1798 the date of his discharge —
D°: 7. 43 John Hagner
A/Cla
The Sec of War
Accountants Office
March 1 1798
I Certify that there is due to Andrew Hoffpman [undecipherable]
one hundred forty Dollars forty seven Cents being for Blacksmiths work in
repairing Guns, making repairing Gun carriages, from 1 August to 31 December
1797 agreeable to the Certificate of Samuel Hodgdon Superintendent of
Military Stores.
Peter Hagner
D°: 140. 47 A/Cla
The Sec of War
Nº: [2630?]
Accountants Office
March 5 1798
I Certify that there is due to John Steel [Coxswain?] [undecipherable]
the [undecipherable] of the [Marines?] Corps, stationed at New Island for the sum of fifty
four Dollars being for his pay for February 1798 which sum is
payable to John Steel per order.
Peter Hagner
Doll. 54. A/Cla
The Sec of War
Nº: [2632?]
Accountants Office
March 7 1798
I Certify that there is due to Jonathan Jackson [Supervisor?] of
[undecipherable] accounts the sum of three hundred forty two Dollars 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°: 342. 13
The Sec of War
Nº: 2631
[folio 116]
Accountants Office
March 5 1798
I Certify that [there] is due to a detachment of [Artillerists &
Engineers?] stationed at Governors Island under the command of Capt. [Frederick?] [undecipherable]
the sum of three hundred [sixty] five Dollars [thirty] [undecipherable] Cents being for [the pay of]
[undecipherable] William [undecipherable] pay [undecipherable] Springfield [undecipherable]
Samuel [undecipherable] Surgeons Mate [undecipherable] the pay of the non commissioned Officers [&]
of the said Detachment for February 1798 which sum is to be transmitted to [undecipherable]
New York [undecipherable] by him found to the said [undecipherable] who is to be held
accountable for the due application of the same —
D°: [363?]. 79 [undecipherable] Peter Hagner
19. 70 [undecipherable] A/Cla
[undecipherable]: 44
The Sec of War
Accountants Office
March [5?] 1798
I Certify that there is due to a detachment of the Corps of [Artil? &]
[Engineers?] Marines stationed [under?] the command of Capt. [undecipherable] [Waters?]
the sum of three hundred [undecipherable] five Dollars being for the pay of [undecipherable]
Lieutenants Samuel [undecipherable] & Philip Sanders and the non commissioned Officers
& Privates of said Detachment for February 1798 which sum is to be [transmitted to]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] Dollimore [undecipherable] has [undecipherable] paid to [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] who is to be held accountable for the due application
of the same —
1:10: 335 [undecipherable]
The Sec of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment $140.47 Valentine Hoffman for blacksmith work done in repair of gun carriages from 1 August to 15 December.
Date
03/01/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798030121055
Page start
114
Note
Account of Valentine Hoffman.
Notable persons
James McHenry
Peter Hagner
accountant
blacksmith
Secretary of War
Valentine Hoffman
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
repair
gun carriages

