Receipt of Simmons transmitted by Lewis to John Foncin, temporary engineer at Fort McHenry
Document 1799Lewis received $100 from Simmons on account of warrant issued by Secretary of War to be transmitted to John Foncin, temporary engineer at Fort McHenry.
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Receipt
Samuel Lewis Junr
$pr 100—
May 17th 1799]
Received May 17th 1799 of William Simmons accountt a Warrant No 4047 issued by the Secy of War for One hundred Dollars, To be by [strikethrough: transmitted] by me to John Foncin Temporary Engineer at Fort Mc Henry, on account of his compensation & expences incurred from Philadelphia to Baltimore, for which sum he is to be accountable —
Samuel Lewis Junr
$pr 100.—
Type
Document Signed
Description
Lewis received $100 from Simmons on account of warrant issued by Secretary of War to be transmitted to John Foncin, temporary engineer at Fort McHenry.
Date
05/17/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799051770001
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Notable persons
William Simmons
Samuel Lewis
Secretary of War
John Foncin
engineer
Notable locations
Fort McHenry
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Notable items
compensation
expenses