Certification of payment; Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton, 1st Regiment Artillerists and Engineers
Document 1799Certification of payment; $32.43 to Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton, 1st Regiment Artillerists and Engineers, balance of account, including pay and subsistence.
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[Accountants Office]
August 21 1799
I Certify, that there is due to [the?] [undecipherable] Pay master General the sum of One hundred forty nine [undecipherable] Dollars & Nine [cents?] for amount of his account for the purchase of provisions for the use of himself, the Relating [undecipherable] & Detachment of Capt. Millers Company under the command of [undecipherable] Georg's McPlatts, employed as a [undecipherable] from Fort Washington to Pittsburg, between 28 May & 20 June 1799 and for the purchase of 13 [Vars?] & [Shares?] delivery by him for the said Detachment, approved by a letter dated 21 June 1799 from the Secretary of War to the said [Paymaster?] — and for Postage of Letters Binding & Stamping of Bills Exchange —
W. S.
[minus - [undecipherable] Rect No C. 122.99
[Nothing?] [Detachment?] 26.85.–
[allow?] 149. 19
The Secretary of War.
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August 22 1799
I Certify that there is due to Capt Samuel [Clins?] acting Pay master on the Expedition to [Mecklenburg?] [State?] [Pennsylvania?] the Sum of [Seventy Six?] Dollars & Two [cents?] for his pay from the 3 May to 24 July 1799 inclusive, allowed by the Secy of War in making his letter of the 21 & 22d August 1799 —
W. S.
$ 76. 93
The Secy of War [undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $32.43 to Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton, 1st Regiment Artillerists and Engineers, balance of account, including pay and subsistence.
Date
08/19/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799081921552
Page start
96
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton
1st Regiment Artillerists and Engineers
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
subsistence
account

