Certification of payments; John Hills, Temporary Engineer and Draughtsman
Document 1799Account of John Hills, temporary engineer and draughtsman, for credit for work on fortification of harbors and for debts for payments made to him. The balance due Hills is $116.18.
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Department of War
Accountants Office
Jany 18th 1799 —
I certify that there is due to Peter Green late a private in Captr Abner Prior's Company 1 Regt of Infantry the sum of five dollars & thirty three cents being for his pay from the 1st Augt the time he was last paid to by the paymaster to the 16th September 1797 inclusive the date of his discharge
Pay of the Army for 1797 — Dol 5.33 Wm Simmons
Acctt
The Secretary of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Account of John Hills, temporary engineer and draughtsman, for credit for work on fortification of harbors and for debts for payments made to him. The balance due Hills is $116.18.
Date
01/12/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1799011921257
Page start
315
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John Hills
Engineer and Draughtsman
Captain Pitts
Ebenezer Stevens
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Sandy Hook Bay
Poulushock
New York
Philadelphia
Notable items
accounts
fortification of harbors
compensation
plans
surveys
estimates
block house
obstructions to the navigation
expenses
stationary
stationery
payments
warrants on the treasurer
pay
balance

