Certification of payment; John L. Boss, Contractor, New Port, for rations, quartermaster and hospital stores furnished troops of United States in Rhode Island
Document 1799Certification of payment; $1051.09 to John L. Boss, Contractor, New Port, for rations, quartermaster and hospital stores furnished troops of United States in Rhode Island
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Accountant's Off[ice]
December 9th 1799
I Certify that there is due to [undecipherable] Troops
Captain 1 Reg[t] of [undecipherable] & men the sums two hundred
& ten Dollars & the being evidence in settlement of his accounts
including the pay of himself & same [undecipherable] & thousand [undecipherable]
Privates in his company from 1 Nov[ember] to 30 November 1799 This taken
from 1 Jan[uary] to 30 November —
N.L.
For other sums — Dir 7
Letters 8— 199 .90
Dno 210 .37
The Sec of War?
December 10th 1799
I Certify that there is due to D[octo]r James Hall[undecipherable]
the sum of two hundred & twenty Dollars being for medicines
furnished and attendance on Capt Ebenezer Moffa[tt] & [Rifle]
of [undecipherable] Regt 1st May of [undecipherable] Boy & the troops stationed at
Fort [undecipherable] from 18 July to 18th October 1799 agreeable
to the type of [undecipherable] as approved by the Secretary of War —
Dollars 220 —
P.S.
The Secretary's letter
[undecipherable] 2d 1799
I Certify that there is due to John [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] the sum of two [undecipherable] large [undecipherable] & Moses [undecipherable] &
the sum of [undecipherable] forty one Dollars being [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
1799 which sum is payable at the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of [undecipherable]
$162 —
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $1051.09 to John L. Boss, Contractor, New Port, for rations, quartermaster and hospital stores furnished troops of United States in Rhode Island
Date
11/20/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799112021452
Page start
128
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John L. Dexter
supervisor Providence Rhode Island
John L. Boss
contractor
accountant
Secretary of War
troops
Notable locations
New Port
Rhode Island
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
rations
quartermaster stores
hospital stores

