Certification of payment; Detachment 2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers under command of Captain John Bishop
Document 1799Certification of payment; $407 pay to detachment 2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers under command of Captain John Bishop.
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Accountants Office
July 12 1799
I Certify that there is due to John Semeton Lieutenant in Capt Richard H. Cusack's Company 1st Regt of Philadelphia Militia commanded by Col. Francis Gurney ordered into Service to Suppress an Insurrection in the Western bounds of Pennsylvania in the Year 1794, the Sum of Eleven dollars & 50/100, being for his retained rations from 14 Septr to 27th Dect 1794 inclusively.
W. S.
Drs 11. 50
The Secretary of War —
[4306]
July 12th 1799
I Certify that there is due to David Meredith Lieutt 1 Regt of Artillerists & Engrs, the sum of One hundred forty eight Dollars & 2/100, being for his pay & subsistence from 8 March (the date of his acceptance) to 30th June 1799.
W. S.
Drs 148. 2.
The Secy of War —
[4307]
July 13th 1799
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of the 2d Regt of Artills & Engrs under the command of Capt John Bishop the sum of Four hundred & Seven dollars being for pay of himself & the non commissioned Officers & Privates for June 1799 which sum is to be paid to Neill & Smith Purvrs.
Pay of the Army Drs 407.—
W. S.
The Secy of War
[4308]
July 13th 1799
I Certify that there is due to John Bishop Capt 2 Regt of A. & E. the Sum of Seventy six Dollars & 6/100, being for his Subsistence from 6th June, the date of his acceptance, to 31 July 1798, & for pay of John [undecipherable] whose [undecipherable] from 31 July 1793 to 15th July 1799 while Recruiting which sum is payable to Neil & Smith [undecipherable: probable reading "Purvers"]—
W. S.
Pay of the Army Drs 25. 86
[undecipherable] & Contl exps 51. 20
Dollars 76. 6
The Secy of War —
[4310]
July 16th 1799
I Certify that there is due to a company of the 2d Regt of A. & E. stationed at Fort Jay under the command of Capt James Read the sum of One hundred & Sixty four Dollars being for pay of himself & the non commissioned Officers & Privates of said company for the month of June 1799.
W. S.
Pay of the Army 164.—
The Secy of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $407 pay to detachment 2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers under command of Captain John Bishop.
Date
07/13/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799071321852
Page start
71
Note
[Presumably addressed to McHenry.]
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Neil and Smith
detachment
2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers
command
Captain John Bishop
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Winchester
Virginia
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay

