Certification of payments; detachment at West Point
Document 1798Certification that $90 is due a detachment of the 1st Regiment of Infantry stationed at West Point under the direction of George Fleming, Military Storekeeper for the service of the Ordnance Department, being the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates for August 1798.
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Accountants Office
September 10th 1798.
I Certify that there is due to Mr Steele Lieuts in the 2d Regt A t 6th late Surgeons Mate in the 1st [undecipherable] the Sum of [underline: Ninety two dollars] being for his pay and forage as Surgeons Mate from the 10th June 1798, and for his pay as Lieut. from the 11th June the date of his acceptance to the 31st August 1798. which fund is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Supervisor New York to be by him paid to the said Lieut. Steele.
Pay of the Army 90.
Forage — 2
Dr 92 —
The Secy of War — Wm Simmons
Asst D. W.
W.t 3207.
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September 10th 1798
I Certify that there is due to Meriwether Lewis Ensn 1st Regt Infantry the Sum of [underline: Two hundred Dollars] being for his Pay from 1 December 1797. to 31st July 1798. which Sum is to be transmitted to Edward Carrington Supervisor Richmond to be by him [paid] to the said Ensn Mr. Lewis.
Pay of the Army 97 — .25
D. . 98 . 175.
D. 200—
The Secy of War Wm Simmons
Asst D. W.
W.t 3210.
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September 11th 1798
I Certify that there is due to a detachment of the 1st Regiment of Infantry stationed at West Point under the direction of George Fleming, Military Store Keeper for the service of the Ordnance Department the Sum of [underline: Ninety dollars] being for the pay of the non Commissioned officers & privates of said detachment for the month of August 1798. which Sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Supervisor New York to be by him paid to the said George Fleming who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof.
Pay the Army 6p — Dr 90.
The Secy of War Wm Simmons
Asst D. W.
W.t 3218.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $90 is due a detachment of the 1st Regiment of Infantry stationed at West Point under the direction of George Fleming, Military Storekeeper for the service of the Ordnance Department, being the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates for August 1798.
Date
09/11/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798091121155
Page start
232
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
detachment
1st Infantry Regiment
George Fleming
military storekeeper
ordnance department
non commissioned officers
privates
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
New York
West Point
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
service


