Certification of payments; detachment of recruits stationed at Richmond under command of Captain Samuel Eddins
Document 1799Certification of payments; $1178.11 to detachment of recruits stationed at Richmond, Virginia under command of Captain Samuel Eddins.
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Accountants Office
March 19th 1799
I Certify that there is due to Captain William Littlefield the sum of thirty dollars being amount of his account for recruiting which sum is to be transmitted to John S Dexter Supervisor at Providence Rhode Islands to be by him paid to the said Capt Littlefield —
W. Simmons
Acct.
Bounties to Soldiers .... 24.—
Expences of recruiting ... 6.—
[underline: Dollars. 30.—]
The Secretary of War.
3541
Accountants Office
March 23d 1799
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of Recruits stationed at Richmond under the command of Captain Samuel Eddins the sum of One thousand one hundred and seventy eight Dollars and eleven Cents being for pay of himself Lieutenant Alexander D Pope the non commissioned Officers & Privates of said Detachment up to the 23 February 1799. which sum is to be transmitted to Edward Carrington Supervisor at Richmond Virginia to be by him paid to the Captain Eddins who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof —
W. Simmons
Acct.
Pay of the Army for 95 ... Drs 1,05.65
Letts ... 99 ... 1,72.46
[underline: Drs 11,78.11]
The Secretary of War
3820
Accountants Office
March 20th 1799
I Certify that there is due to John Chester Supervisor of the revenue for the District of Connecticut the sum of Sixty two Dollars and sixty one Cents being the amount of his account of commissions or receiving & paying monies from the Department of War between the 1 July & the 30th of november 1797 1796 —
W. Simmons
Acct.
[underline: Dolls 62.61]
The Secretary of War —
3840.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payments; $1178.11 to detachment of recruits stationed at Richmond, Virginia under command of Captain Samuel Eddins.
Date
03/23/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1799032321052
Page start
374
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Lieutenant Alexander Pope
Edward Carrington
supervisor Richmond, Virginia
detachment
recruits
command
Captain Samuel Eddins
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Richmond
Virginia
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay


