Certification of payments; compensation of Company at Fort Wolcott, Rhode Island
Document 1798Certification that $469.28 is due a company of Artillerists and Engineers stationed at Fort Wolcott under the command of Captain William Littlefield, being for the pay of himself and the non-commissioned officers and privates through July 1798 and for his subsistence for April through June 1798.
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[Capt Greaton] W. Simmons
Acct.t [seal]
Pay of the Army in 1797 . 30.—
Ditto . . . 1798 210.—
Dollars 240.—
The Secretary of War No 3171
Accountants Office
August 25. 1798
I Certify that there is due to C. P. Jourchereaux a just
military Store keeper at Springfield Massachusetts the sum of ninety Dollars
being for his salary from 1 April to 30 June 1797. admitted by the
Secretary of War—
W. Simmons
Acct.t D
Do 90. Contingencous War Dep.t
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
August 22.d 1799
I Certify that there is due to a company of
Artillery & Engineers stationed at Fort Wolcot under the command of
Captn William Littlefield the sum of four hundred sixty nine Dollars &
being for the pay of himself & the non commissioned Officers & Privates of his
up to the 31 July 1798 & per his subsistence from 1 April to 30 June [17]9[8]
which sum is to be transmitted to John S Dexter supervisor at Prov[idence]
to be by him paid to the said Captn Littlefield who is to be held accounta[ble]
for the due application of the same— W. Simmons
[Pay for 98 . . . 437.65
[undecipherable] . . . [undecipherable]] No 3169.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $469.28 is due a company of Artillerists and Engineers stationed at Fort Wolcott under the command of Captain William Littlefield, being for the pay of himself and the non-commissioned officers and privates through July 1798 and for his subsistence for April through June 1798.
Date
08/22/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798082221155
Page start
224
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John Dexter
supervisor Providence
artillerists and engineers
Captain William Littlefield
non commissioned officers
officers
privates
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Fort Wolcott
New Port
Rhode Island
Notable items
pay
subsistence


