Certification of payments; recruits at Wilmington, North Carolina
Document 1798Certification that $210.30 is due a detachment of recruits at Wilmington North Carolina under the command of Capt. Griffith McRea [McRee], being the pay of himself for January through March 1798 and the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates for March 1798.
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[discharge which sum is payable to James Hanson [undecipherable: Sutcliffe?]
Assignee]
W Simmons
Hill
No 21. 33 Pay of the army for 93.
The Secy of War.
Wars 2729
Accountants Office
April 24 1795
I certify that there is due to Griffith [undecipherable] McRea Captain in the corps of [undecipherable] & engineers the sum of thirty eight dollars being Premium allowed him for enlisting nineteen recruits for the service of the United States, which sum is to be transmitted to James Read Collector of the customs at Wilmington N. C. To be by him paid to the said Capt. McRea.
W. Simmons
Hill
Expen of enlistg recr. 19 —
ditto . . . 93. 20
$7. 58
The Secy of War.
Accountants Office
April 25. 1795
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of Recruits stationed at Wilmington NC under the command of Capt. Griffiths McRea the sum of two hundred and ten dollars & thirty [undecipherable: cents?] being for pay of himself from 1 January to 31 March 93 inclusive, & for pay of the non commissioned officers & Privates of the said Detachment for March 1795 which sum is to be transmitted to James Read Collector at Wilmington N.C. to be by him paid to the said Captn McRea who is to be held accountable for the due application of the same.
Pay of the army for 93 — 210 — 30 W Simmons
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $210.30 is due a detachment of recruits at Wilmington North Carolina under the command of Capt. Griffith McRea [McRee], being the pay of himself for January through March 1798 and the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates for March 1798.
Date
04/25/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798042521155
Page start
147
Note
Account of Griffith McRea [McRee] and detachment.
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Captain Griffith McRee
Captain Griffith McRea
James Read
collector at Wilmington North Carolina
detachment
recruits
command
non commissioned officers
privates
Notable locations
Wilmington
North Carolina
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay

