Certification of payments; compensation of Daniel Bissell
Document 1798Certification that $135.39 is due Lieutenant Daniel Bissell of the 1st Regiment, the sum recovered from him by the Superior Court of Connecticut by a suit of law, being for the costs and damages for enlisting William Fisher, an apprentice to John Merriam.
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Accountants Office
July 20 1798
I certify that there is due to a detachment of Recruits stationed at Fort Hamilton N.C. the sum of two hundred & seven Dollars & [undecipherable] being in their pay for April 1798 which sum is to be transmitted to Griffith [undecipherable] Collector at Wilmington who is to be held accountable for the due application of the same —
W. Simmons
[undecipherable]
Pay of the [undecipherable] $207 63
The [undecipherable]
Accountants Office
July 20th 1798
I certify that there is due to John M. [undecipherable] on the [undecipherable] of the United States the sum of [undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable] being paid for [undecipherable] incurred in transporting public money from Philadelphia to [undecipherable] in July 1797 directed by the Secretary [undecipherable] which was payable to [undecipherable] from the [undecipherable] —
W. Simmons
[undecipherable]
[undecipherable] $22 41 [undecipherable]
The [undecipherable]
Department of War
Accountants Office
July 20 [undecipherable]
A copy [undecipherable] there is due to [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] a Private in Capt [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the same
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $135.39 is due Lieutenant Daniel Bissell of the 1st Regiment, the sum recovered from him by the Superior Court of Connecticut by a suit of law, being for the costs and damages for enlisting William Fisher, an apprentice to John Merriam.
Date
07/16/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798071621152
Page start
203
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Samuel W. Dana
Lieutenant Daniel Bissell
1st Regiment
Superior Court Connecticut
William Fisher
John Merriam
accountant
Secretary of War
apprentice
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Connecticut
Superior Court of Connecticut
Notable items
suit of law
pay
costs
damages
enlistment

