Certification of payment; Peter Gordon, Postmaster, for postage of sundry letters addressed to and from Caleb Swan, Pay Master General, on public business
Document 1799Certification of payment; $462.35 to Peter Gordon, Postmaster, for postage of sundry letters addressed to and from Caleb Swan, Pay Master General, on public business.
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Accountants Office
Nov 8th 1799
I certify that there is due to [undecipherable] One Agent of Fortifications at Marblehead Mass: the sum of One hundred &forty Dollars & [undecipherable], being the balance due to him for his expenditures on account of the Fortifications at Marblehead up to the 30 Septr last inclusive — as pr Settlement of this date is
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The Secy of War
[N° 4589]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $462.35 to Peter Gordon, Postmaster, for postage of sundry letters addressed to and from Caleb Swan, Pay Master General, on public business.
Date
11/08/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799110821453
Page start
119
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Peter Gordon
postmaster
Caleb Swan
paymaster general
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
letters
postage
public business