Certification of payments; account of the Corps at West Point
Document 1798Certification that $2,250.82 is due to the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point, being for the pay, subsistence, and forage of the officers, and the pay and retained bounties of the non-commissioned officers and privates, for January through March 1798.
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Accountant's Office
May 11 1793
I certify that there is due to William M'Cosky
Late Surgeons Mate on the 2d Reg. the sum of four hundred & twenty
five Dollars & [undecipherable] being for his pay & forage from 1 [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
February to the 7 March [undecipherable] as he was promoted [to] Surgeon
Pay 146.33
Subsistence 101.29 } 1797
Forage 25.23
Pay 125.29
Subsistence 43.97 } 1798
Forage 25.90
Total 472.03
The Secy of War.
W. Simmons
Acct
Accountant's Office
May 12 1798
I certify that there is due to the corps of Artillerists
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 1798
inclusive, which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Supervisor
New York to be by him paid to Lieut Nehemiah Freeman [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
to of
[Cancelled]
[undecipherable figures]
W. Simmons
Acct
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $2,250.82 is due to the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point, being for the pay, subsistence, and forage of the officers, and the pay and retained bounties of the non-commissioned officers and privates, for January through March 1798.
Date
05/18/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798051821555
Page start
163
Note
Marked "Cancelled" on the left side of document.
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
Lieutenant Nehemiah Freeman
temporary paymaster West Point
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
officers
privates
non commissioned officers
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountants Office
West Point
New York
Notable items
pay
subsistence
forage
retained bounties

