Certification of payments; Corps of artillerists and engineers at West Point
Document 1798Certification that $978.99 is due the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point, being for the pay and forage of the commissioned officers, and the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates, for April 1798 and the pay of Captain William Littlefield for November 1797 through April 1798 and his subsistence for October 1797 through April 1798.
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Invaluable Office
March 16 1793
I certify that there is due to the Corps of Artificers &
Engineers Stationed at West Point the sum of nine hundred &
seventy eight dollars & ninety nine cents being for the pay and
forage of the commissioned Officers pay of the non commissioned
Officers & Privates of sd said Corps for April 1793. for pay of
Captain William Littlefield from 1 November 1797 to 1 April
1794, and for his subsistence from 1 October to 31 March 1795
which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Supervisor at
New York, to be by him paid to Richd mack Furman Storekeeper
& Inspector the Master at West Point who is to be held
accountable for the due application thereof
Pay of the Army for 97 80-
Bills ........ 91 793. 46 W.Irvine
Subsistence for 97. 46. 36 [?]
Better 91. 41. 17
forage for 1796 18-
D97 [undecipherable]
[Col: Rochefontaine's pay, forage & subsistence is not included in the above amount.]
the Secy of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $978.99 is due the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point, being for the pay and forage of the commissioned officers, and the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates, for April 1798 and the pay of Captain William Littlefield for November 1797 through April 1798 and his subsistence for October 1797 through April 1798.
Date
05/16/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798051621055
Page start
159
Note
Account of William Littlefield and detachment..
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
Supervisor New York
Colonel Rochefontaine
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
commissioned officers
non-commissioned officers
privates
Captain William Littlefield
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountants Office
West Point
New York
Notable items
pay
forage
subsistence

