Certification of payments; account of William McCoskry
Document 1798Certification that $475.13 is due William McCoskry, late Surgeon's Mate of the 2nd Regiment, being for his pay and forage from August 1, 1797 and subsistence from April 1, 1797 to May 7, 1798, the day he was promoted to Surgeon.
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Accountant's Office
May 11. 1793
I Certify that there is due to William M Coskey Late Surgeons Mate on the 2d Reg't the sum of four hundred & sixty five Dollars 4/90 being for his pay & forage from 1 August & [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to the 7 March 93 the day he was promoted to Surgeon
Pay 100 33 }
Subsistence 101 29 } [undecipherable]
Forage 25 23 }
Pay 125 29 }
Subsistence 45 97 } [undecipherable]
Forage 25 93 }
Total [undecipherable]
The Sec't of War.
N Simmons
Acct
Accountant's Office
May 13. 1793
I certify that there is due to the corps of Invalids and Engineers Stationed at West Point the sum of two thousand two hundred and fifty two dollars [undecipherable] being for pay Subsistence & forage Officers pay and retained Bounties of the non commissioned Officers & Privates of the said Corps from 1 January to 31 March 1792 inclusive, which sum is to be Transmitted to Nicholas Fish Supervisor New York to be by him paid to Lieut Nehemiah Freeman [undecipherable] at West Point who is to be held accountable for the due Application thereof
[Cancelled — written in left margin]
N Simmons
Acct
[undecipherable financial entries]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $475.13 is due William McCoskry, late Surgeon's Mate of the 2nd Regiment, being for his pay and forage from August 1, 1797 and subsistence from April 1, 1797 to May 7, 1798, the day he was promoted to Surgeon.
Date
05/18/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798051821455
Page start
163
Note
Account of William McCoskry.
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
William McCoskry
Surgeon's Mate
2nd Regiment
surgeon
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
forage
subsistence
promotion

