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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Accountants Office
Decr 23. 1799
I Certify that there is due to Francis Twentyman the sum of One hundred ninety nine Dollars & [undecipherable]/100 being amount of his account for disbursements made by him, for Clothing Boarding & for Presents to the Chickasaw Cherokee [undecipherable] Indians including his compensation for 13 days at 2 dollars p day attending them making the purchase —
[initials]
Indian Dept fol 150-66
[to the] Secy of War
(December 30th 1799)
I Certify that there is due to Ebenezer Davis, the sum of thirty dollars being for his services, Superintending the Fortifications at Portland Maine, between 22 June & 21 Sept 1797 admitted by order of the Secretary of War, which sum is payable to Peleg Wadsworth's Order —
[initials]
[£] 130...
[to the] Secy of War
January 1st 1800
I Certify that there is due to John Steele [undecipherable] & the crew of the public barge employed at Mud Island Fort the sum of sixty four Dollars being for their other pay for December 1799, which sum is payable to the said John Steele's order —
[initials]
[for sixty four?]
[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


