Certification of payments; compensation of Lieutenant Samuel C. Vance
Document 1798Certification that $81.18 is due Lt. Samuel C. Vance of the 3rd US Regiment, being his pay for July 1798, his subsistence at Pittsburgh for June and July, and the bounty for reenlisting one soldier.
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Accountants Office
August 5th 1798
I Certify that there is due to John Jervis a Priv[ate] in the United States 3 Reg.t the sum of Twenty eight Dollars being [f]or his pay from 1 January (the time he was last paid [to]) to the 31 July 1798 inclusive.
P. Hagner
Act[g]
[underline: Pay of the Army for 9$ 28.—]
The Sec.y of War
Accountants Office
August 8th 1798
I Certify that there is due to Staats Morris Cap[t] in the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers the sum of Forty Dollars being the balance of his pay from 1 May to 31 July 98—
Peter Hagner
Act[g]
[underline: Pay of the Army 9$ 40.—]
The Sec.y of War
Accountants Office
August 8th [1798]
I Certify that there is due to Samuel Clane[undecipherable] in the 3d U S Regiment the sum of eighty one Dollars & [undecipherable], being [for] pay for July, his subsistence at Pittsburg for June, July 98 & for Bounty [?] for reenlisting 1 Soldier in the service of the U.S.
Peter Hagner
Act[g]
[underline: Pay of the Army 40.—
Sub. of Office 23.10
Exp. of Rec. 18.—
[Total] 81.[10?]]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $81.18 is due Lt. Samuel C. Vance of the 3rd US Regiment, being his pay for July 1798, his subsistence at Pittsburgh for June and July, and the bounty for reenlisting one soldier.
Date
08/08/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798080821452
Page start
216
Notable persons
James McHenry
Peter Hagner
Lieutenant Samuel C. Vance
3rd US Regiment
accountant
Secretary of War
principal clerk
soldier
Notable locations
Pittsburg
Pittsburgh
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
subsistence
bounty
reenlistment

