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 9 1798
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of Privates Stationed at Fort Johnston N Carolina the Sum of Two Hundred & Sixteen Dollars being for their pay for May & June 1798 which sum is to be transmitted to Griffith J[undecipherable] the Collector at Wilmington who is to be held accountable for the due application of the same.
Pay of the Army for [undecipherable] 216.—
The Secy of War Peter Hagner
P C[undecipherable]
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Accountants Office
August 8 1798
I Certify that there is due to Patrick Haile Miles a Lieutenant in the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers the sum of Fifty Five Dollars & Ten [undecipherable] being for his pay & rations from 1 May to 9 June 98 the day of his resignation & for premiums due him for enlisting & Recruiting which sum is to be transmitted to Jonathan Jackson Supervisor Boston to be by him paid to the said [undecipherable] & Haile.
Pay of the Army for 39.—
Subsistence of Officers 12.20
Expt of Recruiting 4.—
Do 55.20
The Secy of War P. Hagner
P C[undecipherable]
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

