Pay of Captain Morris and His Detachment
Document 1798The pay of Captain Staats Morris and the officers and men of the detachment under his command.
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John Kilty, Esquire Accountants Office
Super. Baltimore November 1st 1797
Sir
I received your letter of the 30th ultt. enclo-
sing the receipt of Capt Staats Morris for Two hundred
dollars paid him on account of the recruiting service
which sum will be entered to your credit on the
books of this Office.
I am &c.
Wm Simmons Acctnt
Doctor Richard Allison D.W. Accountants Office
Cincinnati— N.W.T. November 1st 1797—
Sir
Agreeably to your request contained in
your letter dated 30th August last— I send you here-
with a certificate with the seal of Office affixed
thereto of having paid Matthew Earnest your At-
torney the sum of Two hundred dollars on ac-
count of your pay.—
I am &c.
Wm Simmons Acctt
Mr Seely Fithian Accountants Office
late Capt. of a Company November 1st 1797
of New Jersey Militia
Sir
I wrote to Mr Maskell Ewing on the
17th ultt requesting him to account for monies paid
him for the pay of a company of militia commanded
by you employed to suppress an insurrection in the west-
ern counties of Pennsylvania in the year 1794— in
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
The pay of Captain Staats Morris and the officers and men of the detachment under his command.
Date
1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1798999923055
Notable persons
William Simmons
John Kilty
Treasurer of the United States [Samuel Meredith] Captain Staats Morris
Lieutenant Samuel Dyson
Landais
Private Dennis Sheehan
Notable locations
Fort Whetstone's Point
Notable items
necessary receipts

