Certification of payment; John Foncin, Temporary Engineer
Document 1799Certification of payment; $144.46 to John Foncin, Temporary Engineer, for pay and subsistence.
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Accountants Office
August 21 1799
I Certify that there is due to Thomas Underwood Lieut [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] the sum of Two hundred eighty one Dollars [undecipherable] being balance of his account for payments made the troops Stationed at Fort Maspac to 31 October 1796 & of his Contingent expenses as allowed by The Secretary of War —
[undecipherable initials]
Dolls 281. 46
The Secretary of War
4447.
August 21st 1799
I Certify that there is due to John King Contractor the sum of One hundred seventy four Dollars & 63/100, being a balance for rations & Quarter master Stores, furnished the Troops at Elizabethtown between 23d May [&] 31 July 1799 —
W. S.
Drs 174. 63
The Sec.y of War —
4459
August 29 1799
I Certify that there is due to John Foncins Temporary Engineer, under an appointment by the Sec.y of War of 23 March 1799, the sum of One hundred forty four Dollars & 46/100, being for his pay & subsistence for July & Aug.st 1799 which sum is to be transmitted to [undecipherable] Supervisor at Baltimore to be by him paid to the said John Foncins.
[undecipherable initials]
for the army 124 —
balance of [undecipherable] 20. 46
[undecipherable] 144. 46
No 4436
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $144.46 to John Foncin, Temporary Engineer, for pay and subsistence.
Date
08/29/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799082921152
Page start
99
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John Kilty
supervisor Baltimore Maryland
John Foncin
temporary engineer
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Baltimore
Maryland
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
subsistence

