Certification of payments; detachment at Elizabethtown, New Jersey
Document 1798Certification that $149.03 is due a detachment of recruits at Elizabethtown, New Jersey under the command of Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton, being the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates through August 1798.
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Accountants Office
September 19th 1791
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of Horses stationed at Elizabethtown New Jersey under the command of [undecipherable] Howell to Dayton the Sum of one hundred forty nine dollars [undecipherable] being for the pay of the non Commission'd Officers and privates of said Detachment up to the 31st August 1791 which Sum is to be transmitted [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to Elias Dayton as Muster to be by him Paid to the Said Elias Dayton who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof.
Wm Simmons
A. C. D. Md
Pay of the Army for 1788 - 1792
The Secy of War —
No 3330.
September 28 1791
I Certify that there is due to Thomas Church the sum of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] dollars being for his Services as Inspector of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Owners, and also the posts and state of Smoke Arms, a duty performed for the Publick examining all Arms to be accepted and Inspecting them when repaired to be made new Philadelphia in 1786 & Measures at New London to Ispawn fields between the 28th day [undecipherable] the 11 July 1791 including Stationary, Travelling Expences, Postage, postal & fetching two things in the houses of John Nicholson [undecipherable] Suit by the Secy of War on all duty
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Incidentals & G. Expenses
Wm Simmons
A. C. D. Md
The Secy of War
No 3225.
September 20 1791
I Certify that there is due to Duncan George H Steele the sum of twenty Dollars & the being for the ballance of his pay from the date of his acceptance of his appointment to the 30 [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] which Sum is payable to Capt Edward Morris who is to be held accountable & pay the Same to the afore said Steele. —
Pay of the Army 20.16 No 3225.
R Simmons
[undecipherable] D Md
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $149.03 is due a detachment of recruits at Elizabethtown, New Jersey under the command of Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton, being the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates through August 1798.
Date
09/19/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798091921055
Page start
234
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
detachment
recruits
command
Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton
non commissioned officers
privates
accountant
Secretary of War
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Elizabethtown
New Jersey
New York
Notable items
pay

