Certification of Payment; Troops Stationed at West Point
Document 1799Hagner certifies a payment due the Troops at West Point under the command of Captain Ingersoll of $1343.20 for pay and forage.
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Accountant's Office
May 10th 1799
I Certify that there is due to John Collins late a Sergeant in Captain [undecipherable]'s company 2d Regt of [undecipherable] United States forces the sum of Twenty seven Dollars & [44/100], being a balance of Pay due him from the 9 April 1[undecipherable] Novem[ber] 1791 the date of his enlistment in the regular Troops—
Pay of the within 27.44
P. Hagner
[As.] Clk.
The Secy of War
4029
(May 13th 1799
I Certify that there is due to the Troops Station'd at West Point under the command of Capt George Ingersoll the sum of Thirteen hundred forty three Dollars & twenty cents, being for pay & forage of the Commissioned Officers & pay of the non commissioned Officers & Privates for the month of April 1799, which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Supervisor at New York to be by him paid to Capt Neh[undecipherable] Freeman who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof—
P. Hagner
[As.] Clk.
Pay of the Army — 1317. 20
Forage of Officers — 18. —
Hospital Department. 8. —
Total 1343. 20
The Secretary of War 4106.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Hagner certifies a payment due the Troops at West Point under the command of Captain Ingersoll of $1343.20 for pay and forage.
Date
05/13/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799051321355
Page start
7
Notable persons
James McHenry
Peter Hagner
troops
Captain George Ingersoll
commissioned officers
non-commissioned officers
privates
Nicholas Fish supervisor at new York
Captain Nehemiah Freeman
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
West Point
New York
Notable items
pay
forage
hospital department

