Certification of payment; Lieutenant John Leybourn
Document 1799Certification of payment; $282.20 to Lieutenant John Leybourn, balance of pay and for recruiting.
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[Accountants Office
July 27 1799]
I Certify that there is due to Fort Right
Creet the sum of One hundred & forty Dollars being for
measures furnished the Garrison of Fort Fayette between 8th
June & 18 December 1796 which sum is to be transmitted by
Samuel Swan to the War Office to be drawn away at Pittsburg &
to be by him Giv to the said Distlett [undecipherable] this order —
$Drs 140 —
The Secy of War
July 27 1799
I Certify that there is due to Phineas
Commans Contractor the sum of Two Hundred forty three Dollars
& Two which is for a balance for rations furnished Captn
Rawlings Recruit at Pittsfield Connecticut between 7 May &
26 July 1799. which sum is to be transmitted to [undecipherable]
Washington Collector at New London to be by him payed
to the said Phineas Commans —
W S
$Drs 243. 36
The Secy of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $282.20 to Lieutenant John Leybourn, balance of pay and for recruiting.
Date
07/25/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799072522152
Page start
83
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Lieutenant
John Leybourn
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
recruiting

