Certification of payment; Cornet Alexander Macomb
Document 1799Certification of payment; $144.39 to Cornet Alexander Macomb, for pay, forage and subsistence.
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Department of War
Accountants Office
May the 14th 1799
I certify that there is due to Daniel [undecipherable] Supervisor for the District of South Carolina the sum of ten Dollars & [undecipherable] being amount of his account for commissions for receiving [undecipherable] monies from the Department of War in the Quarter ending the 31 March 1799 —
Due 6.68 W. Simmons
Act Pay
The Sec'y of War
[undecipherable]
May 27 1799
I Certify that there is due to John Lewis [undecipherable]
a Private in the 1 Reg't of [undecipherable] the sum of nine dollars and
thirty seven cents being for pay from 1 April to 13 may
1799, the date of his discharge for Inability, including his pay
& Subsistence for seven days, time allowed him in travelling from
this post to the place of his residence —
Pay of the Army 8.32
Subsist'e at [undecipherable] 1. 5
———
d's 9.37
W. Simmons
Act Pay
The Sec'y of War 4[undecipherable]
May 27 1799
I Certify that there is due to Alexander Macomb
[undecipherable] the sum of One hundred forty four Dollars & [undecipherable], being
for his pay, Forage & Subsistence from 17 January [the date of his
acceptance], to 30 April 1799 —
Pay of the Army 17. [undecipherable]
Subsist. 25. [undecipherable]
Forage [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
———
4970
[undecipherable]
Act Pay
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $144.39 to Cornet Alexander Macomb, for pay, forage and subsistence.
Date
05/27/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799052721655
Page start
17
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Cornet Alexander Macomb
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
forage
subsistence

