Certification of payments; detachment at West Point, New York
Document 1798Certification that $68.85 is due a detachment of the 1st Regiment of Infantry stationed at West Point under the direction of George Fleming, military storekeeper for the service of the Ordnance Department, being the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates for July 1798.
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Accountants Office
August 7th 1798
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of the 1 Regiment of Infantry stationed at West Point under the direction of George Fleming Military Store Keeper, for the service of the Ordnance Department the sum of [underline: sixty eight Dollars & [undecipherable: probable reading 85 Cents]] being for the pay of the non commissioned Officers & Privates of said Detachment for the month of July 1798. which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish supervisor New York to be by him paid to the said George Fleming who is to be held accountable for the due application of the same.
Drs 68. 85.
The Secy of War,
Peter Hagner,
Pr Clk
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $68.85 is due a detachment of the 1st Regiment of Infantry stationed at West Point under the direction of George Fleming, military storekeeper for the service of the Ordnance Department, being the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates for July 1798.
Date
08/07/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798080721352
Page start
215
Notable persons
James McHenry
Peter Hagner
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
detachment
1st Infantry Regiment
George Fleming
military storekeeper
ordnance department
accountant
Secretary of War
non commissioned officer
privates
Notable locations
New York
West Point
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay

