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 18. 1799 —
I Certify that there is due to Peter Green late private in Captn Abner Priors 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
Audt
The Secretary of War
3610
Department of War
Accountants Office
Jany 19th 1799
I Certify that there is due to Ensign David Walton the sum of one hundred & three dollars & twenty nine Cents being for balance of his pay from 1st May 1794 the date of his acceptance to the 31st of December 1797
Wm Simmons
Pay of the Army for 1794 — 111.29 Audt
The Secretary of War
3618.
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

