Certification of payment; Sergeant William Armstrong, Artillerists and Engineers
Document 1799Certification of payment; $4.75 to Sergeant William Armstrong, Artillerists and Engineers, for procuring deserters from Fort Mifflin.
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Accountants Office
June 11th 1799
I certify, that there is due to Theodore Memming, Lieut. P. 2d Reg.t of A. & E. the sum of Eighty three Dollars, 45/100, being for his Subsistence from the 1st April to 31 May 1799 inc: & for amount of his contingent account for apprehending Deserters —
W. Simmons
Acct.t
Dr 18. 45 Subsist.ce of the Army
65.— Incid.l & Cont.l expences
Dt 83. 45
The Sec.y of War
June 12.th 1799
I certify that there is due to William Armstrong Sergeant in the Art.y & Eng.rs the sum of Four dollars & seventy five Cents being for amount of his Account for pursuing Wm Servoss, Isaac Townsend, & Patrick Burns, Privates, Deserters from the Garrison of Fort Mifflin, agreeably to the Certificates of Ebeneger Massey, Captain Commandant —
Incid. & Cont.l expences W.T.
Dels 4. 75 —
W. Simmons
Acct.t
The Sec.y of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $4.75 to Sergeant William Armstrong, Artillerists and Engineers, for procuring deserters from Fort Mifflin.
Date
06/12/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799061221855
Page start
35
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
William Servoss
Isaac Townsend
Patrick Burns
Sergeant William Armstrong
Artillerists and Engineers
deserters
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Fort Mifflin
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
desertion

