Certification of payment; by certificate of Colonel Philip Reed late of militia called out the Insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania, payment is due Ensign Robert Moffett
Document 1799Certification of payment; by certificate of Colonel Philip Reed late of militia called out the Insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania, payment of $13.17 is due Ensign Robert Moffett, for expenses pursuing deserters.
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Accountants Office
May 18th 1799
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of Recruits stationed at Charlottesville under the command of Meriwether Lewis Scott on the 1st Regt 2d Infantry being the pay of himself from 1 January 1799 after pay of the non commissioned Officers & Privates of said Detachment, from the dates of their Enlistment to 30 April 1799 inclusive, which sum is to be transmitted to Edward Carrington Supervisor at Richmond Virginia to be by him paid to the said Lieut [Times], who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof —
Drs 1403.30.
W. Simmons
Acct
The Secy of War
No 2061
May 20th 1799
I Certify, that there is due to B. Henry Latrobe the sum of Three Hundred & two Dollars being the balance of his acct authorized by the Secy of War, for sundry persons Express Plans designs or alterations, & estimates of and concerning the Fortifications at Porto Felton & Norfolk, including his travelling expences at Norfolk & assistance in the year 1798.
Fortification Accts
Drs 302 —
W. Simmons
Acct [?]
The Secretary of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; by certificate of Colonel Philip Reed late of militia called out the Insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania, payment of $13.17 is due Ensign Robert Moffett, for expenses pursuing deserters.
Date
05/16/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799051621755
Page start
13
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Colonel Philip Reed
militia
Ensign Robert Moffett
deserters
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Western counties of Pennsylvania
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
expenses pursuing deserters
insurrection
whiskey rebellion
desertion

