Certification of payments; detachment at West Point
Document 1798Certification that $121.74 is due a detachment of the 1st Regiment of Infantry at West Point under the direction of George Fleming, military storekeeper of the Ordnance Department, being the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates for May and June 1798.
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Accountants Office
July 17 1798
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of the 1 Regt of
Infantry stationed at West Point under the direction of George Fleming Military
Store keeper for the services of the Ordnance Department the sum of One hundred
twenty one Dollars [& undecipherable/100] being for the pay of the non commissioned Officers &
Privates of said Detachment for the months of May & June [?] which sum is to be
transmitted to Nicholas Fish supervisor New York to be by him paid to the[ir]
George Fleming who is to be held accountable for the due application of the same.
[underline: [undecipherable] 4th Army 1796 121. [undecipherable]] W Simmons
Acctt
The Secy of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $121.74 is due a detachment of the 1st Regiment of Infantry at West Point under the direction of George Fleming, military storekeeper of the Ordnance Department, being the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates for May and June 1798.
Date
07/17/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798071721052
Page start
202
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
detachment
1st Regiment
infantry
military storekeeper
ordnance department
non commissioned officers
privates
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
West Point
New York
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay


