Certification of payments; John Foncin for services drawing plates of a book on artillery
Document 1799Certification of payments; $56 to John Foncin for services drawing plates of a book on artillery, conformably to letter from Secretary of War.
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Accountants Office
March 29 99
I Certify that there is due to John Foncin the sum of [underline: Fifty six dollars] being for his services from the 1st to the 23d march 1799 inclusively, employed in drawing the plates of a Book on the artillery, conformably to a letter from the Secretary of War dated 2d January 99 and the account admitted by him —
W Simmons
Acctt
Dolls 56 —
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
April 1st 1799
I Certify that there is due to George W Kirkland Captain Regt of Infantry the sum of forty Dollars, being for his pay for the month of march 1799 which sum is payable to Robert Oliphant Senior —
W Simmons
Acctt
Pay of the Army 1799
Dolls 40 —
The Secretary of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payments; $56 to John Foncin for services drawing plates of a book on artillery, conformably to letter from Secretary of War.
Date
03/29/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1799032921252
Page start
385
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John Foncin
Secretary of War
accountant
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Notable items
artillery book
pay
services
drawing plates

