Certification of payments; detachments at Fort Oswego, New York
Document 1798Certification that $721.99 is due a detachment of Artillerists and Engineers and a detachment of Infantry, both at Fort Oswego under the command of Lieutenant Nanning J. Vischer, being his and their pay though June 1798.
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Accountants Office
July 25 1798
I Certify that there is due to Manning & Linsler Lieutenant
United States Regiment, the sum of two hundred twenty one Dollars &[strikethrough: 85] being for his subsistence from 1 August 97 to 31 June 1798 which sum is
payable to Joseph Richards Main per order
W Simmons
*Actt Lt*
Subsistence of 5 mos: pay $6 84
. . . . . . . . 19 105 14
Dollars 221. 55
*The Sect of War*
Accountants Office
August 6th 1798
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of the
Corps of Invalids & Congress at Governors Island, under the command
of Capt. Frederick Frye the sum of four hundred & twenty four Dollars
80c being for the pay & subsistence & forage of the Officers & pay of the non
commissioned Officers & Privates to the 31 July 98 inclusive, which sum
is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish supervisor New York to be by him
paid to the said Capt. Frye who is to be held accountable for the
due application of the same —
*Alex Haynes*
*D.C.A.*
Pay of the detact. 369 7
Subsistence of Officers 47 36
Forage 6 —
Dr 422 53
*The Sect of War*
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $721.99 is due a detachment of Artillerists and Engineers and a detachment of Infantry, both at Fort Oswego under the command of Lieutenant Nanning J. Vischer, being his and their pay though June 1798.
Date
07/24/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798072421452
Page start
212
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
artillerists and engineers
infantry
command
Lieutenant Nanning J. Vischer
accountant
Secretary of War
detachment
Notable locations
Fort Oswego
New York
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay

