Certification of payments; compensation of Lieutenant David Hale
Document 1798Certification that $55.20 is due David Hale, late a lieutenant in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being for his pay and subsistence from 1 May to 9 June 1798, the day of his resignation, and the premium due him for enlisting two recruits.
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Accountants Office
August 5, 179[8]
I Certify that there is due to a detachment of Recru[its]
stationed at New Brunswick under the command of Ensign William [R]
Boothe the sum of seventy three Dollars & fifty five Cents, being for his [sub]
pay for July 1798 which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas [Fish upon]
at New York, to be by him paid to the said Ensign Boothe who is to be
accountable for the due application of the same —
Peter Hagner
pr Cle[rk]
Pay 4th Army for 98 73.55
The Secretary
Accountants Office
August [5] 179[8]
I Certify that there is due to a detachment of the
Corps of Invalids & Engineers stationed at mud Island Fort under the
command of Major Lewis Howard the sum of five hundred & forty two [Dollars &]
seventy Cents being for pay & forage of the commissioned Officers & pay of
non commissioned Officers & Privates of the said Detachment for July 179[8]
Pay 4th Army 536.70
forage of Officers 6.—
Dor 542.70
The Secretary
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $55.20 is due David Hale, late a lieutenant in the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers, being for his pay and subsistence from 1 May to 9 June 1798, the day of his resignation, and the premium due him for enlisting two recruits.
Date
08/08/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798080821555
Page start
217
Notable persons
James McHenry
Peter Hagner
:Lieutenant David Hale
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
recruits
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
subsistence
resignation
premium
enlistment

