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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Accountants Office
[In?] [undecipherable] 1799
I Certify that there is due to the troops
stationed at [undecipherable] the remainder of [undecipherable] being agreed
the sum of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
being for pay & forage [undecipherable] the commissioned Officers & [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
then commissioned Officers & Privates for the month of April 1799
which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Supervisor [undecipherable]
New York to [undecipherable] by him [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Temporary
Pay master at [undecipherable] that who is to be held accountable for
this due application thereof —
[undecipherable] Higno[r?]
for [undecipherable]
Pay of the Army 1517 90
Forage of Officers 13 —
Hospital Donation 1 —
[undecipherable] 1645 90
The Secretary of War
May 13 1799
I Certify that there is due to James Calwell [undecipherable]
the sum of One hundred & twenty five Dollars being for the rent
given [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] from 1 February to 1 May 1799 inclusive
Public Property in [undecipherable] which sum is payable to Montgomery [undecipherable]
& [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of Michael G Houton military Store keeper.
[undecipherable] 125 — [undecipherable] Higno[r?]
for [undecipherable]
The Secretary of War
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

