Certification of payments; pay of Captain Staats Morris
Document 1798Certification that forty dollars is due Capt. Staats Morris of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being the balance of his pay for May through July 1798.
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Accountants Office
August 7 1798
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of Privates Stationed at Fort Johnston North Carolina the Sum of Two Hundred & Sixteen Dollars being for their pay for May & June 1798 which sum is to be transmitted to Griffith Jm the Collector at Wilmington who is to be held accountable for the due application of the same.
Pay of the Army for 93 216—
The Secy of War
Peter Hagner
P. Cl.
Accountants Office
August 8 1798
I Certify that there is due to David MacNitte a Lieutenant in the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers this sum of Fifty four Dollars & Ten being for his pay & subsistence from 1 May to 9 June 98 the day of his resignation for premium due him for enlisting & Recruiting which sum is to be transmitted to Jonathan Jackson supervisor Boston to be by him paid to the said Lieut & Mette.
Pay of the Army pr 39—
subsistence of Officers 12. 20
Expe of Recruiting 4—
Do 55. 20
The Secy of War
P. Hagner
P. Cl.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that forty dollars is due Capt. Staats Morris of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being the balance of his pay for May through July 1798.
Date
08/08/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798080821352
Page start
216
Notable persons
James McHenry
Peter Hagner
Captain Staats Morris
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
accountant
Secretary of War
principal clerk
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
balance

