Certification of payment; Captain John Bishop, 2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers
Document 1799Certification of payment; $76.06 Captain John Bishop, 2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers, for pay and incidental and contingent expenses while recruiting.
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1799 which sum is to be paid to Neill & Smith [order].
Pay of the Army Drs 407.— W.S.
The Secy of War C
4308
July 13th 1799
I certify that there is due to John Bishop
[Captain] 2d Regt [?] A. & E. the sum of [underline: 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 [Dichins?]
whose [term] from 31 July 1793 to 15th July 1799 while Recruiting
which sum is payable to Neil & Smiths [Order].
W.S.
Pay of the Army Drs 25. 86
[Incedl] & Cont 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 [underline: One
hundred & sixty four Dollars] being for pay of himself
& the non commissioned Officers & Privates of said company
for the month of June 1799 C W.S.
Pay of the army 164.—
The Secy of War [undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $76.06 Captain John Bishop, 2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers, for pay and incidental and contingent expenses while recruiting.
Date
07/13/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799071321452
Page start
70
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Neil and Smith
John Durham
Captain John Bishop
2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Winchester
Virginia
Accountant's Office
Notable items
incidental expenses
contingent expenses
recruiting
pay

