Certification of payments; detachment at Whetstone Point, Baltimore
Document 1798Certification that $372 is due a detachment of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at Fort Whetstone Point under the command of Captain Staats Morris, being the pay of himself, Lieutenant Samuel Dyson and Philip Landais, and the non-commissioned officers and privates, for March 1798.
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[Accountants Office]
[March 1798]
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of the [undecipherable] by & stationed at Fort Whitestone Point under the command of Capt Matt Morris the sum of Three hundred seventy two Dollars being for pay of himself & a detachment of [seven?] & Philip Sanders & the non commissioned Officers & Privates of the said Detachment for March 1798 excluding [tales?] of Bounty due to Dennis Sheehan a private on the said Detachment which sum is to be [strikethrough: transmitted to the Collector of customs at Baltimore] paid to the said Capt Morris who is to be held accountable for the due application of the same —
Wm Simmons
Actt
Payable Army 1798. 363...
Bounties to Earnings 9...
D 372...
The Secr of War —
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[Accountants Office]
[April 6 1798]
I Certify that there is due to Frederick Spragg Assistant Military Storekeeper at West Point the sum of 45 [undecipherable] Dollars being for his salary from 1 January to 31 March 1792 which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Supervisor New York & to by him paid to the said Frederick Spragg —
Wm Simmons
Actt
D 40...
The Secretary War —
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $372 is due a detachment of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at Fort Whetstone Point under the command of Captain Staats Morris, being the pay of himself, Lieutenant Samuel Dyson and Philip Landais, and the non-commissioned officers and privates, for March 1798.
Date
04/06/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798040621155
Page start
133
Note
Account of Staats Morris and detachment.
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
command
Captain Staats Morris
Lieutenant Samuel Dyson
Lieutenant Philip Landais
non commissioned officers
privates
accountant
Secretary of War
detachment
Dennis Sheehan
Notable locations
Maryland
Accountants Office
Baltimore
Notable items
pay

