Certification of payments; Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point
Document 1798Certification that $798.99 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 Capt. William Littlefield for November 1797 through April 1798 and his subsistence for October 1797 through March 1798.
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Accountants Office
May 31. 1798
I Certify, that there is due to the Corps of Artificers & Engineers stationed at West Point the sum of one hundred seventy eight dollars the being for pay & forage of the commissioned Officers pay of the non commissioned Officers & Privates at the said Garrison for April 1798 for pay of Capt William Littlefield from 1 November 1797 to 30 April 1798 inclusive & for his subsistence from 1 October 1797 to 31 March 1798 inclusive which sum is payable to lieu [undecipherable] Fruman Temporary Pay master who is to be held accountable for the due application of the same
Pay of the army for 1797 [undecipherable]. 24
ditto 1792 792. 40
Subsistence 1797 46. 20
1792 41. 9
Forage 1798 14. [undecipherable]
Dolls 742. 88
W Simmons
Act
The [undecipherable] of Mar
Accountants Office
May 31. 1798
I Certify that there is due to the Corps of Artificers & Engineers stationed at West Point the sum of two thousands two hundred & fifty two Dollars & [undecipherable] being for pay subsistence & forage of the commissioned Officers & pay & [undecipherable] of Privates of the non commissioned Officers & Privates of the said Garrison from [undecipherable] January, to 31 March 1798 inclusive which is payable to lieu Nehemiah Fruman Temporary Pay master who
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $798.99 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 Capt. William Littlefield for November 1797 through April 1798 and his subsistence for October 1797 through March 1798.
Date
05/31/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798053121455
Page start
173
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Nehemiah Freeman
temporary paymaster West Point
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
subsistence
forage

