Certification of payment; Lieutenant William Steele, 2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers for extra pay as Surgeons Mate, West Point
Document 1799Certification of payment; $118.68 to Lieutenant William Steele, 2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers for extra pay as Surgeons Mate, West Point, and for passage from West Point New York to Portland Maine.
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[Cancell'd] Accountant's Office
July 29 1799
I Certify that there is due to William Steele Lieut 2 Regt of Artillerist & Engr the sum of One hundred eighteen Dollars 88/100 being for his extra pay as Surgeon's Mate at West Point, from 11 June to 23 Sept 1796, for the passage of himself & Servant, from West Point to Portland, & for the hire of a room as a barrack from 5 Decemr 1795 to 30 June 1799 — which sum is to be transmitted to Nathaniel [F?] Fosdick Collector, Portland in Maine, & by him paid to the said Lt Steele upon his granting the necessary receipts
W.S.
Incidt & Contt exps gs 34.33
Quarter Master . eps 45.78
Ditto Ditto go 38.57
Dolls 118.68
The Secy of War Cancelled
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $118.68 to Lieutenant William Steele, 2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers for extra pay as Surgeons Mate, West Point, and for passage from West Point New York to Portland Maine.
Date
07/24/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799072422052
Page start
86
Note
"Cancelled"
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Nathaniel Fosdick
collector Portland Maine
Lieutenant William Steele
2d Regiment Artillerists and Engineers
Surgeons Mate
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
West Point
New York
Portland
Maine
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
extra pay
passage
travel

