Certification of payments; detachment of recruits at Staunton Virginia under command of Captain Alexander Gibson
Document 1798Certification of payments; $382 to detachment of recruits at Staunton Virginia under command of Captain Alexander Gibson.
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Department of War
Accountants Office
December 27. 1798
I Certify that there is due to John Dew late a Private in the Company of Artilly Engineers late under the command of Griffith J. M'Ree the sum of twenty Dollars - eighty Cents being for his pay from 4 October 1794 to the 31. march 1795. per Abstract D N° 507 which sum is to be paid to William B Grove Attorney for John Dew Father & Administrator to the Estate of the aforesaid John Dew.
Pay of the Army 94. 8.80 W. Simmons
Ditto Ditto.... 95. 12.- Acctt
Dollars. 20. 80
The Secretary of War
W° 3574.
Department of War
Accountants Office
December 27. 1798.
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of Recruits at Staunton Virga under the command of Captn Alexr Gibson the sum of three hundred & eighty two Dollars being for the pay of himself & the non commissioned Officers & Privates of said Detachment, for the month of November 1798 which sum is to be transmitted to Edwd Carrington Supervisor at Richmond Virginia to be by him paid to the said Capt Gibson who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof.
W. Simmons
Acctt
Pay of the Army.... 332.— 3590.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payments; $382 to detachment of recruits at Staunton Virginia under command of Captain Alexander Gibson.
Date
12/27/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1798122721152
Page start
299
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Edward Carrington
supervisor Richmond Virginia
accountant
recruits
command
Captain Alexander Gibson
detachment
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Richmond
Virginia
Staunton
Notable items
pay


