Certification of payment; detachment of Recruits stationed at Winchester Virginia under the command of Captain John Bishop
Document 1799Certification of payment; $1160.90 to detachment of Recruits stationed at Winchester Virginia under the command of Captain John Bishop.
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Accountants Office
April 24 1799
I Certify that there is due to Alexander Hamilton Major General of the Army of the United States, the Sum of Eight hundred & thirty nine Dollars and forty one Cents, being for his pay, subsistence & Forage for the months of January February and March 1799, including his compensation as Inspector General, to the 31 March 1799 agreeably to the act of Congress of the 3rd of March 1799 —
P. Hagner
Pr Clk
Pay of the army ... 543 . 16
Subsistce — do ... 236 . 25
Forage — do ... 60 . —
Dolls 839 . 41
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
April 24 1799
I Certify that there is due a Detachment of Recruits stationed at Winchester Va under the command of Capta John Bishop the sum of Two thousand one hundred & sixty Dollars and ninety Cents; being for balance of his pay from the 6th June 1798 the date of his acceptance, to the 31 March 1799 & for the pay of the non commissioned Officers & Privates of the said Detachment from the dates of their Inlistments to the 31st of March 1799 —
P. Hagner
Pr Clk
Pay of the Army forg's Drs 1055 . 75
Ditto ... 99 ... 1105 . 15
Dolls 2160 . 90
The Secretary of War
Accountants Office
April 26 1799
I Certify that there is due to Wilbeck and Mathers Contractors at Albany the sum of thirty five Dollars and seventy Cents, being for three months use of a House as a Barracks for ten men of Capt Cochrans Company and 13 rations delivered to Ensign Smith for four men for their way from Oswego to The Secretary of War, between 1 August and 24th December 1798 which sum is payable to Nathaniel Phillips p order.
P. Hagner
Pr Clk
Subsist of the Army . Drs . 4 . 20
Quartermasters Dept — 31 . 50
Dolls 35 . 70
The Secy of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $1160.90 to detachment of Recruits stationed at Winchester Virginia under the command of Captain John Bishop.
Date
04/24/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1799042421054
Page start
423
Notable persons
James McHenry
Peter Hagner
detachment
recruits
command
Captain John Bishop
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Notable items
pay

