Certification of payment; Lieutenant John Fergus, 2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers
Document 1799Certification of payment; $34 to Lieutenant John Fergus, 2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers, balance due in settlement of recruiting account.
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[Accountants Office
June 27 1799]
I Certify that there is due to James State
Capt 4th Regt of Artillery & Engrs the sum of Twenty eight
Dollars, being for bounty paid & premium allowed him on a
enlisting 4 recruits which sum is to be transmitted [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Supervisor New York & to be by him paid to the said
James State — W.S.
Bounties to Soldiers Drs 24—
Cap of Recruiting .... 4—
[Total] 28—
The Secy of War
[4158]
June 26 1799
I Certify that there is due to the troops Station'd
at Fort Oswego under the command of Lt Manning S Porter
the Sum of three Hundred & forty one Dollars & 60/100 being
for pay of himself, the non commissioned Officers & Soldiers
for April & May 1799 W.S.
Pay of the army Drs 352 60
The Secy of War 4141
June 27 1799
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of
the 2d Regt of Artily Corps Stationed at Fort Miflin under
the command of Capt Walter S Bowman the Sum of two hundred
fifty two Dollars & [undecipherable]/100 being for pay of himself for May 1799
& for pay of [undecipherable] Trooper & the non commt Officers & Privates of
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $34 to Lieutenant John Fergus, 2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers, balance due in settlement of recruiting account.
Date
06/25/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799062521852
Page start
51
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Griffith McRee
collector Wilmington North Carolina
accountant
Secretary of War
Lieutenant John Fergus
2nd Regiment Artillerists and Engineers
recruits
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
recruiting account
settlement

