Arreages of Pay & Subsistence
Document 1799Lt. Shepard of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers asks Simmons again to transmit to him arrearages of pay and subsistence due him since the acceptance of his appointment on March 13 to June 30, 1799.
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[Docketing: Col[?] by 20 July [undecipherable] / Warham [undecipherable] / War [undecipherable] / [undecipherable]]
[Address:] William Simmons Esqr
Accountant of the War Department
Philadelphia
[FREE]
[seal]
Fort Jay July 22nd 1799
Sir
Agreeable to orders I have joined at this place the company to which I [am] attached.
I would thank you to transmit to me the arrearages of hay and subsistence due since the acceptance of my appointment on the 13th of March to the 30th of June 1799
I enclose to you a Statement of Subsistence [strikethrough: charged at the [undecipherable]] [undecipherable] at New York
I am Sir with due r[espect]
your most Obet Humble
[undecipherable] Warham Shepard
Lunt 1st Reg Art & Eng
William Simmons Esqr
Accountant of the War Department
Statement of Subsistence due to Lunt Warham Shepard of the first Regiment of Artillerists and Engineers
[Table: Commencing | Ending | No Days | Subsistence [per] Day | No of Rations | [undecipherable] of Rations | Amount: Dollars | Cents]
March 13th 1799 | June 30 1799 | 110 | 2 | 220 | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | 44
Amounting to thirty five Dollars forty four [undecipherable]
[strikethrough: [undecipherable]]
I swear that I have not during the time above Specified drawn any thing for subsistence from the United States
Sworn before me This Warham Shepard
23d day of July 1799 — Lunt 1st Reg Art & Eng
[signature: undecipherable]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Lt. Shepard of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers asks Simmons again to transmit to him arrearages of pay and subsistence due him since the acceptance of his appointment on March 13 to June 30, 1799.
Date
07/23/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799072390101
Page start
4
Notable persons
Warham Shepard

