Certification of payment; troops stationed at Fort McHenry, Baltimore Maryland under command of Captain Staats Morris
Document 1799Certification of payment; $288.82 troops stationed at Fort McHenry under command of Captain Staats Morris.
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[Department of War
Accountants Office
May 6 1799]
I Certify that there is due to the troops stationed at Fort McHenry under the command of Capt [undecipherable] Morris the sum of Five hundred eighty eight Dollars & eighty two cents being for pay of himself Lieut [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] & the non commission Officers & Privates for the month of April 1799 which sum is to be transmitted to John Kelly Supervisor at Baltimore & to be rem[undecipherable: probable reading] to the same Capt Morris who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof —
J [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Acct
Pay of the Army 2 [undecipherable] 588. 12
The Secretary of War:
Accountants Office
May [undecipherable] 1799
I Certify that there is due to James [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in the 1 Regiment of [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] the sum of Thirty dollars and fifty nine Cents being for his pay & subsistence from the 1 [undecipherable] the date of his acceptance [undecipherable] 30th of [undecipherable] 1799 —
J [undecipherable]
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Pay of the Army [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] of ditto [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable]
The Secretary of War: [undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $288.82 troops stationed at Fort McHenry under command of Captain Staats Morris.
Date
05/06/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799050621055
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
Peter Hagner
Lieutenant Samuel Dyson
Lieutenant Phillip Landais
Surgeon's Mate James Scanlon
John Kilty
supervisor Baltimore Maryland
troops
principal clerk
accountant
Secretary of War
Captain Staats Morris
command
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Baltimore
Maryland
Fort McHenry
Notable items
pay

