Certification of payments; Mary Fountain, matron of hospital, Bedlows Island, New York
Document 1799Certification of payments; $27.61 pay to Mary Fountain, matron of hospital, Bedlows Island, New York
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account for Store & State purchases by Samuel Hodgson by order of the Secretary of War, delivered to John Harris Store keeper for the use of the Public Works at Harpers Ferry —
Wm Simmons
Jan 1st...
[underline: Dollars 335.—]
The Secretary of War —
Accountants Office
January 23 1799
I Certify that there is due to Colonel Butler formerly a Captn & Lieut in the service of the United States the sum of three hundred 75/100 Dollars seventy eight cents being the balance of his account Current, embracing bounties to Soldiers his pay Subsistence as Captn to the 3 October 1791, his pay Subsistence / [undecipherable] as Captn & Brigade Major from [undecipherable] Octo to the 22 December 179, the day on which his services ceased —
Pay of the army 2d 302.90
Subsist 2d 47.33
Do 260.23
Wm Simmons
Prinl Dept [undecipherable]
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
January 19, 1799
I Certify that there is due to Lieut [undecipherable] the sum [undecipherable]
been [undecipherable] a Lieut [undecipherable] Brigade [undecipherable] beginning [undecipherable] his
service & began his account as Lieutenant under the command.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payments; $27.61 pay to Mary Fountain, matron of hospital, Bedlows Island, New York
Date
01/23/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1799012321252
Page start
324
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
surgeon's mate
Captain John Henry
Mary Fountain
hospital matron
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Bedlows Island
New York
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay
women in war department

