Certification of payments; detachment at New Brunswick, New Jersey
Document 1798Certification that $73.55 is due a detachment of recruits at New Brunswick New Jersey under the command of Ensign William R. Boote, being his and their pay for July 1798.
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Accountants Office
August 5 1798
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of Recruits stationed at New Brunswick under the command of Ensign William R. Boote the sum of seventy three Dollars & fifty five Cents, being for his [undecipherable] pay for July 1798 which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fisk [undecipherable] at New York to be, by him paid to the said Ensign Boote, who is to be [undecipherable] accountable for the due application of the same —
Pay of the Army for 98 .... Drs Cts
73.55
Peter Hagner
Pr Clk
The Secy of War
Accountants Office
August 9 1798
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers stationed at Mud Island Fort under the command of Major Lewis Tousard the sum of five hundred & forty two & seventy Cents being for pay & forage of the commissioned Officers & pay of the non commissioned Officers & Privates of the said Detachment for July 179[undecipherable]
Pay of the Army .... 536.70
Forage of Officers .... 6. —
Drs 542. 70
P. Hagner
Pr Clk
The Secy of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $73.55 is due a detachment of recruits at New Brunswick New Jersey under the command of Ensign William R. Boote, being his and their pay for July 1798.
Date
08/08/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798080821652
Page start
218
Notable persons
James McHenry
Peter Hagner
detachment
recruits
Ensign William R. Boote
accountant
Secretary of War
principal clerk
command
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
Notable locations
Accountants Office
New Brunswick
New Jersey
Notable items
pay

