Certification of payment; Captain Decius Wadsworth, 2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers
Document 1799Certification of payment; $56 to Captain Decius Wadsworth, 2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers, for trumbrel or ammunition cart purchased.
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Accountants Office
June 1st 1799
I certify that there is due to Capt. [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] the sum of Sixty six Dollars being
[undecipherable] made by him on a [undecipherable] or [undecipherable: possibly commission] to
purchase in pursuance of a letter from the Secretary of War to
the Secretary of the Treasury, for a letter from the latter to the
said Capt Wadsworth dated [undecipherable] 3d 1799 which sum is to be
[undecipherable] to [undecipherable], to be paid by him to
the said Capt Wadsworth —
W. Simmons
[undecipherable]
[undecipherable] —
The Secy of War
[undecipherable]
June 3d 1799
I Certify that there is due to a [undecipherable]
of the 1st Regt of [undecipherable] & Engs stationed at [undecipherable] McHenry
under the command of Lt [undecipherable], the sum of One
hundred ninety [undecipherable] being for pay due
[undecipherable] extra [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] including
[undecipherable] pay of the non commissioned [undecipherable] & Privates for May 1799,
which sum is to be [undecipherable] to the said Lt Colonel, who is to
be held accountable for the [undecipherable] application thereof
Pay of the Army — 183. 8
[undecipherable] of [undecipherable] — 6 —
In all 191. [undecipherable]
The Secy of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $56 to Captain Decius Wadsworth, 2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers, for trumbrel or ammunition cart purchased.
Date
06/01/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799060122155
Page start
22
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Jedediah Huntington
Captain Decius Wadsworth
2nd Regiment Artillerists and Engineers
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
trumbrel
ammunition cart

