Certification of payment; troops stationed at Fort Johnston under command of Lieutenant Patrick C. Harris
Document 1799Certification of payment; $412.62 troops stationed at Fort Johnston North Carolina under command of Lieutenant Patrick C. Harris.
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Accountants' Office
August 7th 1799
I Certify that there is due to Lieutt
William State of the 2d Regt — A W.B. the sum of Seventy
four Dollars & 33/100 being for his ration pay as Surgeon's
Mate at West Point from the 1st June to 23d Sept 1799 &
for the passage of himself therefrom from West Point to
Portland. which sum is to be transmitted to him [undecipherable] to
Federal Collector to be by him paid to the said Lieutenant.
Meds & Civil salaries 26. 22 [undecipherable]—
Quarter Master 22. 40 a
2 Dollars 74. 33
[undecipherable] Secy of War
August 8th 1799
I Certify that there is due to Lieutt
[undecipherable] Superintendent of Military Stores the sum of Seven
thousand & ninety nine Dollars & 90/100 being balance of sundry
disbursements by him within the Year 1798, for the two
last quarters of the Year 1799 consisting of the pay of sundry
persons employed in the Military Store Department, sundry
incidental & Contingent expenses the cost of Stores & grounds
occupied for Public Service, Stationary, [undecipherable], for, & forwarded
to his Excellency General George Washington Commander of the
Armies of the United States, including sundry personal charges
by Samuel Hodgdon, Storekeeper expenes. No. [undecipherable]
Dolls 7099. 90.—
[undecipherable] Secy of War 446
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $412.62 troops stationed at Fort Johnston North Carolina under command of Lieutenant Patrick C. Harris.
Date
08/01/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799080122752
Page start
93
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Lieutenant John Fergus Junior
Lieutenant Patrick C. Harris
troops
command
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Fort Johnston
North Carolina
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay

