Certification of payment; James Caldwell for rent of his store at Albany
Document 1799Certification of payment; $125 to James Caldwell for rent of his store at Albany, New York, where public property is deposited.
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Accountants' Office
Novem: 18. 1799
I Certify that there is due to James Nicholson the sum of [undecipherable] dollars being for his services in assisting in the Inspection of [undecipherable] Musquet Stocks, Stocks barrels locks bayonets [undecipherable] & at the [undecipherable] Store in Philadelphia from 4 July to the 16 October 1799 founded in conformity to a letter from the Secretary of War to John Nicholson dated 16 Feby 1789 —
[signature]
Dolls 90 —
The Secy of War
N° 2416
Novem 16 1799
I Certify that there is due to Mr [undecipherable] Contractor the sum of [undecipherable] 60 [undecipherable] dollars being [the balance?] of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] from [undecipherable] in July [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 1799 which sum is to be accounted to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to be [undecipherable] paid to the said Mr [undecipherable] at [undecipherable]
[signature]
D[olls] [undecipherable] 60
The Secy of War —
November [undecipherable] 1799
I Certify that there is due to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Contractor the sum of [undecipherable] three dollars & [undecipherable] which is the balance of [undecipherable] to the State of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] which sum is [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to be paid to the said Contractor
[signature]
D[olls] [undecipherable] 67
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $125 to James Caldwell for rent of his store at Albany, New York, where public property is deposited.
Date
11/12/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799111221352
Page start
121
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Michael G. Houdin
storekeeper
James Caldwell
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Albany
New York
Accountant's Office
Notable items
rent
pay
public property
store

