Certification of payments; Charles and William Lotty for iron and steel purchased for use of public works Harpers Ferry
Document 1799Certification of payments; $385 to Charles and William Lotty for iron and steel purchased for use of public works Harpers Ferry, Virginia [now West Virginia].
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Accountants Office
January 26 1799
I Certify that there is due to Michael G Houdon
Military Store keeper at Albany the sum of two hundred fifty five
Dollars being for his pay from 1 April to 30 June 1793 & from 1 October
to 31 December 1793 which sum is payable to Samuel Hodgdon for order
of said Michael G Houdon —
W Simmons
Acct
Drs 255.—
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
January 26 1799.
I Certify that there is due to John McClallin
Lieutt 1 Regt of Artily & Engrs the sum of forty one Dollars & twenty Cents
being for his subsistence from 1 August to 31 December 1793 which sum
is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Supervisor New York to be by
him paid to the said Lieutt McClallin &c.
W Simmons
Acct
Subsisce of Officers for 93 20 Cts
61.20
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
January 28 1799
I Certify that there is due to Charles: Williams [undecipherable] the
sum of three hundred & eighty five Dollars being amount of their
account for Iron & Steel purchased by Samuel Hodgdon by order of
the Secretary of War & delivered to John Harris Store keeper for the use
of the Public Works at Harpers Ferry —
W Simmons
Acct
Dollars 385.~
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
January 28 1799.
I Certify that there is due to Edward Butler formerly
a Captn of Horse in the service of the United States the sum of three hundred
fifty Dollars & seventy eight Cents, being the balance of his account Current,
embracing bounties to Soldiers his pay & Subsistence as Capt to the 3 October
1791, his pay Subsistence & forage as Captn & Brigade Major from 4 Octr
to the 23 December 1791 the day on which his services ceased —
Pay of the Army Drs 302.90
Subsistce [Dollars] 47.88
Drs 350.78
W Simmons
Acct Dep War
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
January [undecipherable] 1799
I Certify that there is due to [undecipherable] the sum
seven [undecipherable] being for two days allowance [&] expenses of traveling 10 miles
[to] muster & Inspect the [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] under the command
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payments; $385 to Charles and William Lotty for iron and steel purchased for use of public works Harpers Ferry, Virginia [now West Virginia].
Date
01/28/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1799012821252
Page start
327
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Samuel Hodgdon
John Harris
store keeper
Charles Lotty
William Lotty
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Harpers Ferry
Virginia
West Virginia
Notable items
iron
steel
public works
pay
purchase

