Certification of payment; troops at Fort Norfolk under command of Captain Richard S. Blackburn
Document 1799Certification of payment; $630 to troops at Fort Norfolk under command of Captain Richard S. Blackburn, for pay.
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Department of War
Accountants Office
May the 14th 1799
I Certify that there is due to Daniel Sweeny Supervisor for the District of South Carolina the sum of ten Dollars & 400, being amount of his account for commissions for receiving &paying monies from the Department of War in the Quarter ending the 31 March 1799 —
Dols 6.68 Wm Simmons
Acctt
The Secy of War
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May 27 1799
I Certify that there is due to John Lewis Late a Private in the 1 Regt of U S C the sum of nine dollars & thirty seven cents being for pay from 1 April to 13 may 1799, the date of his discharge for inability, including his pay &Subsistance for seven days, time allowed him in Travelling from the troop to the place of his residence —
Pay of the Army 8.32
Subsist at 6¢ 1. 5
dols 9. 37 Wm Simmons
Acctt
The Secy of War
4....
May 27 1799
I Certify that there is due Alexander Macomb Guard the sum of One hundred forty four Dollars & 400, being, for his pay &Subsistance from 17 January (the date of his acceptance) to 30 April 1799 —
Pay of the Army 17. 0
Subsis 6¢ 18. 00
Pay & Guard 22. 99 Simmons
Dols 144. 24 Acctt
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $630 to troops at Fort Norfolk under command of Captain Richard S. Blackburn, for pay.
Date
05/23/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799052321755
Page start
17
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Lieutenant Ferdinand Claiborne
Lieutenant John Saunders
Surgeon's Mate William Barnwell
Edward Carrington
supervisor Richmond
Captain Richard S. Blackburn
accountant
Secretary of War
command
officers
Notable locations
Richmond
Virginia
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
forage

