Certification of payment; Francis Mentges, for clothing, boarding and for presents for Chickasaw, Cherokee and Catawba Indians
Document 1799Certification of payment; $189.66 to Francis Mentges, for clothing, boarding, attending and for presents for Chickasaw, Cherokee and Catawba Indians.
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Accountants Office
January 5th 179—
I Certify that there is due to Francis [undecipherable] the sum of Sixty Two Dollars & Three being pay for postage of [undecipherable] receipts to and from Charleston late master General as stated accounts between 18 Nov. & 31 December 1799 [undecipherable] in conformity to a Letter from the Secretary of War to the S[undecipherable] of 1797 —
Dol[lars] 62.03 H[undecipherable]
The Sec[retary] of War
January 5th 1799
I Certify that there is due to John [undecipherable] under an appointment made by the Secretary of War the sum of two hundred & ten dollars being pay for his Services [undecipherable] of Issuing country Return military Stores from 1 October to the 31 December 1799 —
Dollars 210— H[undecipherable]
The Secretary of War.
January 20 1799
I Certify that there is due to Samuel [undecipherable] Superintendent of Military Store the sum of One Thousand Three hundred Dollars being pay for one [undecipherable] that & M[undecipherable] [undecipherable] the Clerks employed at New Orleans from October to [undecipherable] December [undecipherable]
Dol[lars] 1300— H[undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $189.66 to Francis Mentges, for clothing, boarding, attending and for presents for Chickasaw, Cherokee and Catawba Indians.
Date
12/23/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1799122321152
Page start
131
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Francis Mentges
accountant
Secretary of War
Chickasaw
Catawba
Indians
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
clothing
boarding
medical attendance
presents

