Certification of payments; Ensign Joel Cook, 3d Regiment, for expenses attending court of inquiry on Captain James Miller at Trenton
Document 1798Certification of payments; $24 to Ensign Joel Cook, 3d Regiment, for expenses attending court of inquiry on Captain James Miller at Trenton, New Jersey.
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non commissioned Officers & Privates for the month of October 1798 which sum is to be transmitted to John Kilty supervisor Baltimore Maryland to be by him paid to Captn morris who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof —
W. Simmons
Acc.t D. W.
Artillery.... 413. 31
Infantry .... 128. —
[underline: Pay of the Army 541. 31 in 1798.]
The Secretary of War
W.t 3442.
Accountants Office
November 15. 1798
I Certify that there is due to John myers late a Private in Capt Zebulon Pikes Company the sum of Twenty two Dollars & 53/100 being for his pay from 1 Novem.t 1797 to the 10 April 1798 the day his term of reenlistment, expired —
Pay of the Army 1797
D.rs 22. 53.
The Sec.y of War
W.t 3407.
Accountants Office
Nov.r 15. 1798
I Certify that there is due to Joel Cook Ensign of the 3 Reg.t the sum of Twenty four Dollars, being for his expences as a Witness attending a Court of Enquiry on the conduct of Cap.t Miller at Trenton from the 20.t to the 25 October 1798 including carriage hire, transporting himself & four persons to said place which sum is payable to Samuel Lewis Sen.t per order —
W. Simmons
Acc.t D. W.
I. & C. exp.
W.t D.ts... 24. —
The Sec.t of War W.t 3415.
Accountants Office
Novem.r 15. 1798.
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of A.t stationed at Mud Island Fort under the command of L.t Henry M. Muhlenberg, the sum of Seven hundred twelve Dollars & 65/100, being for the pay & Forage of the commissioned Officers & pay of the non commissioned Officers & Privates of said Detachment for October 1798, which sum is [payable] to L.t Theodore meminger who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof —
W. Simmons
Acc.t D. W.
Pay of the Army - 706. 65
Forage of Officers -- 6. —
[underline: D.rs 712. 65]
The Sec.y of War W.t 3412.
Accountants' Office
Novem.r 19. 1798.
I Certify that there is due to Henry M. muhlenberg [undecipherable] in the Corps of Art.t & Engineers, the sum of Forty seven Dollars & [undecipherable] being for the balance of his Subsistence as Lieut.t & Commandant of Fort mefflen up to the 17 nov 98 inclusive —
Subsist. of the Army... 47. 76. W.t 3437. W. Simmons
Acc.t [D. W.]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payments; $24 to Ensign Joel Cook, 3d Regiment, for expenses attending court of inquiry on Captain James Miller at Trenton, New Jersey.
Date
11/15/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798111521352
Page start
268
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Samuel Lewis
Ensign Joel Cook
3rd Regiment
Captain James Miller
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Trenton
New Jersey
Notable items
pay
expenses
court of inquiry


