Certification of payment; Estate of Ensign Aaron Higgins in Captain Bushs Company of Kentucky Militia on General Josiah Harmars Expedition, killed in action 22 October 1790
Document 1799Certification of payment; $14.36 to estate of Ensign Aaron Higgins in Captain Bushs Company of Kentucky Militia on General Josiah Harmars Expedition, killed in action 22 October 1790.
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Accountants Off[undecipherable]
July 5 1799
I Certify that there is due to James Lee second Lieutenant in the 2d Regt of Infantry the sum of One hundred Dollars & 26/100 being for his pay & Subsistence from 26 March (the date of his acceptance) to 30 June 1799, which sum is to be paid to John Morrison his Attorney to [undecipherable] James Lee.
Pay of the Army 84.68
Subsce of do 15.58
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The Secy of War —
July 5 1799
I Certify that there is due to the Estate of Aaron Higgins, late an Ensign in Capt Bush's Compy of Kentucky Militia on Harmar's Expedition the sum of Fourteen dollars & 35/100 being for his pay from 29 Sepr to 22 October 1790, the day he was killed in action, which sum is payable to Bickham & [undecipherable] Attorney to Ann Thomas late Widow of the said Aaron Higgins —
General Acct of Militia 1790 Dollrs 14.36.
The Secy of War —
July 6 1799
I Certify that there is due to David C. [undecipherable] Claypoole, the sum of sixty seven Dollars & 33/100 being the amount of his account & that of the House of [undecipherable] & Septimus Claypoole for advertising [undecipherable] between 23 Jany [17]98 & 16 May 1[undecipherable].
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $14.36 to estate of Ensign Aaron Higgins in Captain Bushs Company of Kentucky Militia on General Josiah Harmars Expedition, killed in action 22 October 1790.
Date
07/05/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799070521952
Page start
62
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Bickham and Reed attorneys
Ann Thomas
Aaron Higgins
Captain Brush
Kentucky Militia
General Josiah Harmar
accountant
Secretary of War
deceased
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Kentucky
Notable items
expedition
pay
killed
widow
estate
killed in action
Harmar's Expedition

