Certification of payments; account of Lieutenant McClallen
Document 1798Certification that $178.49 is due Lieutenant John M. McClallen, Quartermaster of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being for his pay and subsistence as a lieutenant for January through April 1798 and his pay and forage as Quartermaster for January and February 1798.
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Accountants Office
May 8th 179[undecipherable]
I Certify that there is due to John W[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Quarter master — troops of [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] the sum of [one hundred?]
twenty eight dollars & forty nine [cents?] being for his pay & [subsistence?]
as Lieutenant from 1 January to 30 April 179[2?] & for pay & forage as
Quarter Master from 1 January to 7 February [9]2, which sum is [payable?]
to P. W. Galaudet[undecipherable] order.
[130-31 Pay of the Army
40-74 Subsist of Officers
7-40 Forage of Officers
178-89 — 179[2?]]
W. Simmons
Acct[undecipherable]
The Secy of War
Accountants Office
May 9th 179[undecipherable]
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of Recruits stated
at New Brunswick New Jersey under the command of Ensign William [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] the sum of one hundred sixty seven dollars [undecipherable] being for pay
[himself?] and the non commissioned Officers & Privates of the said
Detachment for April 179[2?] which sum is to be transmitted to
Nicholas Fish[undecipherable] Supervisor New York to be by him paid to the
said troops[,] [undecipherable] who is to be held accountable for the due appli-
cation of the same.
[Pay of the Army p 93 107-34]
W. Simmons
Acct[undecipherable]
The Secy of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $178.49 is due Lieutenant John M. McClallen, Quartermaster of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being for his pay and subsistence as a lieutenant for January through April 1798 and his pay and forage as Quartermaster for January and February 1798.
Date
05/08/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798050821455
Page start
154
Note
Account of John McClallen.
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Lieutenant John M. McClallen
Quartermaster
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
accountant
Secretary of War
P.W. Gaulaudet
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
forage

