Certification of payments; account of John Habersham
Document 1798Enclosed is a receipt of John Habersham, dated July 1, 1798, for $17.12 applied by him to defray the incidental and contingent expenses of the War Department in Georgia. This sum he has discounted out of monies arising out of imposts and duties for which he is accountable in pursuance of a warrant to be issued in his favor by the Secretary of War.
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Accountants Office
Trenton May 21st 1798
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of the 1st Regt of A & C stationed at West Point the sum of seven hundred forty seven Dollars & 2c being for the ray [pay] of the commissioned Officers & the pay of the non commissioned Officers & Privates for the Month of July 1797 including the pay of two Discharges & the retained bounty due to six Recruits which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fohs supervisor New York to be by him paid to the Remie[?] Freeman Temporary Paymaster at West Point who is to be held accountable for the due application of the same —
Pay of Comp in 1797 66 —
Liette 177 &c 22 675 22
Serjeants & Officers 38 7
Privates & Soldiers 33 —
Dollars 747 29
Wm Simmons
Audt [?]
The Secretary of War
No 2470
Accountants Office
Trenton August 21 1798
I Certify that there is due to Captn Richard H. Greaton of the 2d U. S. Regiment the sum of four hundreds forty Dollars being the amount relinquished out of his monthly pay from 1 December 1797 to 31 July 1798 the day the dismustation [dismutation?] was agreeable to a certificate of the Paymaster General which sum is to be transmitted to Jonathan Foster supervisor at Boston to be by him paid to Samuel Keith attorney [undecipherable]
Type
Letterbook Copy
Description
Enclosed is a receipt of John Habersham, dated July 1, 1798, for $17.12 applied by him to defray the incidental and contingent expenses of the War Department in Georgia. This sum he has discounted out of monies arising out of imposts and duties for which he is accountable in pursuance of a warrant to be issued in his favor by the Secretary of War.
Date
08/22/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798082221055
Page start
222
Notable persons
James McHenry
Peter Hagner
John Habersham
Secretary of War
accountant
principal clerk
collector of customs
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Savannah
Georgia
Notable items
pay
incidental expenses
contingent expenses
discount
monies
imposts
duties
warrant

