Certification of payment; John King, Contractor for rations and quartermaster stores for troops at Elizabeth Town
Document 1799Certification of payment; $174.63 to John King, Contractor for rations and quartermaster stores for troops at Elizabeth Town, New Jersey.
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Accountants Office
Sepr 6 1799
I Certify that there is due to Insign
I. McRea late a Captain in the Corps of Artillerists & Engrs
the Sum of One hundred & twenty nine Dollars being
the amount of bounty & premium allowed for enlisting
twelve Recruits, between the 10th of Jany 1795 & 25th of
May 1799—
Dolls 129—
The Secretary of War—
[undecipherable] 6. 1799
I Certify that there is due to Jean Campbell
Contractor the Sum of Two hundred & eighty two dollars &
40/100 being for One thousand six hundred rations furnished
Mr Dense, Permant recruits at the Rendezvous, Hackinsk [undecipherable: ferry]
between 30th April & 9 Octr 1799 —
Dolls 282. 40
The Secy of War.
September 9, 1799
I Certify that there is due to Samuel Butler
Captain 2d Regt of A & E the sum of fifty four dollars & [undecipherable] being
balance on settlement of his account for Recruiting & Contingent
expenses, which sum is to be transmitted to Jonathan Haskell
supervisor at Boston to be by him paid to the said Capt Butler
[undecipherable: Cap Recruits] 10. 72
[undecipherable: Draft on] [undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $174.63 to John King, Contractor for rations and quartermaster stores for troops at Elizabeth Town, New Jersey.
Date
08/21/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799082121052
Page start
99
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John King
contractor
troops
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Elizabeth Town
New Jersey
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
rations
quartermaster stores

