Certification of payments; Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point
Document 1798Certification that $1071.65 is due the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point, being for the pay, subsistence, and forage of the Commissioned Officers, the pay of the Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates, and the balance of bounties to sundry units, through March 1798.
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Accountants Office
April 15th 1796
I Certify that there is due to the Estate of Aaron Williston
late a private in Capt. [undecipherable] McC[undecipherable] Company & [undecipherable] Regiment deceased
the sum of twenty seven Dollars, & twenty Cents being for his pay from [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] October 179[undecipherable] to the 25 April 1796 the day he died, which amount is pay-
able to Samuel Lyman by virtue of a power of Attorney from Chloe
Williston widow of the deceased—
W Simmons
Acctt
Pay of the Army for 1795 12
Ditto " 1796 15.20
$27.20
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
April 15, 1795
I Certify that there is due to the Corps of Invalids & Engin[undecipherable]
stationed at West Point the sum of [undecipherable] thousand [undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] cents being for the pay, subsistence & forage of the commissioned Officers
pay of the non commissioned Officers & Privates and for balance of bounties
to sundry recruits of the said Corps up to 31 March 1795 inclusive which
sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish [undecipherable] New York to be by
him paid to [undecipherable] at West Point and
is to be held accountable for the due application of the same—
W Simmons
Acctt
Pay of the Army 727.42
[undecipherable] of Officers 243.23
[undecipherable] of Ditto 36
[undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] 1571.03 [undecipherable]
The Secretary of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $1071.65 is due the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point, being for the pay, subsistence, and forage of the Commissioned Officers, the pay of the Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates, and the balance of bounties to sundry units, through March 1798.
Date
04/13/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798041321255
Page start
140
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
Nehemiah Freeman
temporary paymaster West Point
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
commissioned officers
non commissioned officers
privates
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
West Point
New York
Accountants Office
Notable items
bounties
pay
subsistence
forage

