Certification of payments; account of Lieutenant Robert Lee
Document 1798Certification that $49.55 is due Lieutenant Robert Lee, Adjutant and Quartermaster 2nd Sub Legion, being for his pay and forage from July 7, 1795, the date of his appointment, to August 23, following the date of his furlough conforming to the opinion of the Attorney General of June 27, 1797.
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[Accountants Office
April 9, 1793]
I Certify, that there is due to Robert Ker late lieutenant Adjutant & D. Master Qr Sub-legion, the sum of forty nine Dollars and fifty five Cents, being for his pay & forage as Adjutant & Quarter Master from the 7 July 1792 the date of his appointment to the 25th August following the date of his furlough — admitted conformably to the opinion of the Attorney General of the 27 June 1793.
30–97 Pay of the Army }
15–58 Forage & Subsistance } 1793
49–55
The Secy of War
W Simmons
Acctt
War 2698
Accountants Office
April 7 1798
I Certify that there is due to a detachment of Recruits stationed at Middletown under the command of Captn Ebenezer Miller the sum of Two hundred sixty three Dollars; eleven Cents, being pay of himself, Ensign Samuel Parmele and the non commissioned Officers & Privates of the said Detachment for March 1798, which sum is to be transmitted to John Chester, supervisor at Middletown, to be by him paid to the said Captn Miller who is to be held accountable for the due application of the same —
W Simmons
Acctt
Pay of the Army for 1798 $26311/cts
The Secy of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $49.55 is due Lieutenant Robert Lee, Adjutant and Quartermaster 2nd Sub Legion, being for his pay and forage from July 7, 1795, the date of his appointment, to August 23, following the date of his furlough conforming to the opinion of the Attorney General of June 27, 1797.
Date
04/09/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798040921252
Page start
137
Note
Account of Robert Lee.
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Lieutenant Robert Lee
adjutant
quartermaster
2nd Sub Legion
attorney general
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
forage
appointment
furlough

