Certification of payments; detachment of recruits stationed at Staunton, Virginia under command of Captain Gibson
Document 1798Certification of payments; $692 pay for detachment of recruits stationed at Staunton, Virginia under command of Captain Alexander Gibson.
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[to Samuel Lewis first for order—]
[J: B cap]
[N° D. 24—]
[W. Simmons]
[Octr S. H.]
N° 3415
Accountants Office
Novem 15 1798
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of [undecipherable] stationed at [undecipherable] Fort under the command of Lt Henry [undecipherable] Muhlenberg the sum of seven hundred twelve Dollars & 65 [undecipherable] for the [undecipherable] pay & forage of the commissioned Officers [undecipherable] of the non commissioned officers & Privates of said Detachment for October 1798, which sum [undecipherable] to St [undecipherable] messenger who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof—
W. Simmons
Acct Genl [undecipherable]
Pay of the Army . 706. 65
forage of horses . 6 —
712. 65
The Secy of War— N° 242
Accountants Office
Novem 19 1798
I Certify that there is due to Henry Mr [undecipherable] in the corps of [undecipherable] the sum of Forty seven Dollars & [undecipherable] being for the balance of his subsistence as issued to Commandant [undecipherable] Fort [undecipherable: Mifflin?] up to the 17 Nov 1798 inclusive—
Subsist of the Army . 47. 70 N° 342—
W. Sim[undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payments; $692 pay for detachment of recruits stationed at Staunton, Virginia under command of Captain Alexander Gibson.
Date
11/14/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798111421053
Page start
265
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
detachment
recruits
Captain Alexander Gibson
accountant
Secretary of War
command
Notable locations
Staunton
Virginia
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay

