Certification of payment; 2d Lieutenant Eli B. Clemson, 1st Regiment of Infantry
Document 1799Certification of payment; $9.06 to 2d Lieutenant Eli B. Clemson, 1st Regiment of Infantry, for subsistence.
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Accountants Office
July 2d 1799
I Certify that there is due to Elningo Coles
[struck?] on the 1st day of Arrells & Bay it The from of One
thousand twenty two Dollars & 19/100 being for his pay & deductions
from 25 March the date of his acceptance to 30 June 1799 —
Pay of the army 96. 77
Sube of offs 25. 79
Dols 120. 56
The Secy of War
James 1st 1799
I Certify that there is due to Chas I Stille
as late Secretary to the Commissioners appointed to hold a treaty
in the year 1792 with the Cherokee nation of Indians, the
sum of One thousand three hundred eighty seven Dollars &
[undecipherable] being for his pay as Secretary from the day of his
appointment by the Commissioners during the continuance of
his employment in that capacity, and whilst conveying despatches
to the Secretary of War — his expences at [undecipherable] from & during
the period in which we bills were provided for the Commissioners at the expence of the United States — his travelling expences
whilst conveying dispatches to & from the Secretary of War,
and for sundry articles purchased by him to enable him
to perform the duties assigned him — relies on the [undecipherable]
contained in the letter from the Secy of War on this subject
Ditto, the 1st Jany Md S
Quarter master Dept Doll 1387. 16 o
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $9.06 to 2d Lieutenant Eli B. Clemson, 1st Regiment of Infantry, for subsistence.
Date
07/03/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799070321952
Page start
60
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
2nd Lieutenant Eli B. Clemson
1st Infantry Regiment
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
subsistence

