Certification of payments; John Steel, [Steele] Coxswain, for delivery of Francis McClintock, deserter from Fort Mifflin
Document 1798Certification of payments; John Steel, [Steele] Coxswain, for delivery of Francis McClintock, deserter from Fort Mifflin.
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Accountant's Office
December 22d 1798
I Certify that there is due to John Steel boatswain the su[m]
of Ten dollars, being the reward allowed for apprehending & delivering at
Fort mifflin agreeably to the certificate of Lt Theodore Meminger of the [G].
C. Francis McCuntock artificer a deserter from said Fort —
W. Simmons
Acct D.W.
Drs 10 —
The Sect of War Wt 3550.
Accountant's Office
December 22d 179[undecipherable]
I Certify that there is due to John H. Buell Major in
the 2d Regt of Infantry the sum of four hundred five Dollars & fifty [undecipherable]
Cents being for his pay Subsistence & forage from 1 July to 30 Novem[ber]
1795 inclusive, which sum is to be transmitted to John Chester Junr
at Wethersfield Connect[icut] to be by him paid to the said Major
Buell —
W. Simmons
Acct
Pay of the Army 250.—
Subsiste of Officers 105. 5[undecipherable]
Forage &c — 50.—
Dolls 405. 5[undecipherable]
The Sect of War 3555.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payments; John Steel, [Steele] Coxswain, for delivery of Francis McClintock, deserter from Fort Mifflin.
Date
12/22/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798122221252
Page start
296
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Lieutenant Theodore Meminger
artificer
John Steel
coxswain
John Steele
Francis McClintock
deserter
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Fort Mifflin
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
desertion


