Certification of payments; account of Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton, Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
Document 1798Certification that $13.51 is due Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton, Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being the amount of incidental and contingent expenses for pursuing and apprehending deserters from the Army of the United States.
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Accountants Office
June 20th 1793
I Certify that there is due to Henro B. Gayton lieutenant on the furlough of Inferiorly of Congress the sum of thirteen dollars & fifty one cents being for removal &his account of Incidental & contingent expences for procuring & aprehending Deserters from the Army of the United States, which sum is to be drawn of Nicholas Fish supervisor at New York, to be by him paid by the above Lieut Gayton —
Wm Simmons
Acctt
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The Secy of War
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Accountants Office
June 21 1794
I Certify that there is due to the detachment in the service of the Ordnance Department under the orders of George Fleming Military Storekeeper at West Point, the sum of One hundred & fifty one dollars & the forage for their pay from 1 February to 30 April 93 which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish supervisor at New York, to be by him paid to the said George Fleming, who is to be held accountable, for the due application of the sum —
Pay for Army 151 83
The Secy of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $13.51 is due Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton, Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being the amount of incidental and contingent expenses for pursuing and apprehending deserters from the Army of the United States.
Date
06/20/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798062021055
Page start
184
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton, Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
deserters
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountants Office
War Office
Philadelphia
Notable items
pay
incidental expenses
contingent expenses
pursuing and apprehending deserters

