Certification of payment; John Steele, Coxswain and crew of the public barge employed at Mud Island Fort
Document 1800Certification of payment; $64 to John Steele, Coxswain and crew of the public barge employed at Mud Island Fort.
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⇣I certify that there is due to John Steele, Coxswain & his crew of the public barge employed at Mud Island Fort te sum of sixty four dollars being for his & their Pay in December 1799 which sum is payable to the said John Steele [illegible] [illegible] W.S.
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Accountant's Office
January 5th 1799 —
I Certify that there is due to [undecipherable] Rich[undecipherable] the sum of Sixty Two dollars & [undecipherable] being [undecipherable] postage of [undecipherable] receipts or dues, from [undecipherable] since the matter General's as [undecipherable] Postage between 18 Nov: & 31 December 1798 submitted in conformity to Letters from the Secretary of War in the Act of 1799 —
Doll 62.03 — [undecipherable]
The [undecipherable] of War
January 5th 1799 —
I Certify that there is due to John [undecipherable]
Has under an appointment made by the Secretary of War the sum of Two hundred & ten dollars being [for?] his Services [in?]
[undecipherable] drawing [undecipherable] Letters military [undecipherable] from 1 October to the
31 December 1799 —
Dollars 210 —
The Secretary of War —
January 20 1799 —
I Certify that there is due to Samuel [undecipherable]
Superintendent of Military Store the sum of [undecipherable] three hundred
Dollars being [undecipherable] for services [undecipherable] [undecipherable] three hundred
(the above employed on those Affairs from 1 October to 31 [undecipherable])
179[undecipherable] —
Dolr 1800 — [undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $64 to John Steele, Coxswain and crew of the public barge employed at Mud Island Fort.
Date
01/01/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800010121352
Page start
131
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John Steele
coxswain
crew
accountant
Secretary of War
John Steel
Notable locations
Mud Island Fort
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
public barge

