Certification of payments; detachment of recruits stationed New Brunswick, New Jersey under command of Ensign William R. Boote
Document 1798Certification of payments; $214 for detachment of recruits stationed New Brunswick, New Jersey under command of Ensign William R. Boote.
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Accountants' Office
· Novemt 13 1798.
I Certify that agreeably to the certificate of Capt Edwd Miller, there is due to John Groner & James Massengell the sum of Twenty Dollars being a reward for apprehending Jacob Sain & John Murphy deserters from the Detachment of Recruits under the command of the said Capt Miller.
W: Simmons
Acct D. W.
$r 20.—
The Secy of War.
Wt 3395.
Accountants Office
Novt 13th 1798.
I Certify that agreeably to the certificate of Lt Henry M: Muhlenberg commanding at Fort Mifflin there is due to Andrew Hillin the sum of Ten Dollars being a reward for apprehending William Barnes a deserter from the aforesaid Fort.
$r 10.—
W: Simmons
Acct D. W.
The Secy of War
Wt 3399.
Accountants' Office
· Novemt 13th 1798.
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of Recruits stationed at New Brunswick New Jersey under the command of Ens William [undecipherable] the sum of Two hundred & fourteen Dollars & thirty two Cents being for the pay of himself & said Detachment for the month of October 1798 & for his subsistence from 1 Augt to 31 October 1798, which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Supervisor at New York to be by him paid to the said Ensign Boots who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof.
W: Simmons
Acct Dept War
Pay of the Army for [undecipherable] ... [undecipherable] 183. 68
Subsistence of [undecipherable] ... 31. 04
Net 214. 32
The Secy of War.
Wt 3401.
Accountants' Office
Novemt 13th 1798
I Certify that there is due to Nathaniel Dwight [undecipherable] male in the service of the United States the sum of One hundred ninety one Dollars & [undecipherable] being for his pay & subsistence from the 12th June [undecipherable] the day he accepted his appointment, to the 31 October following, which sum is to be transmitted to Nichs Fish Supervisor and by him paid to the said Nathl Dwight.
$r 139.— Pay of the Army
52. 5 [undecipherable] Dy.—
$r 191 5
The Secy of War.
Wt 3402.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payments; $214 for detachment of recruits stationed New Brunswick, New Jersey under command of Ensign William R. Boote.
Date
11/13/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798111321855
Page start
261
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
detachment
recruits
command
Ensign William R. Boote
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountants Office
New Brunswick
New Jersey
New York
Notable items
pay


