Certification of payment; John Foncin, compensation as engineer for construction of fortifications for defense of Baltimore Harbor
Document 1800Certification of payment; $321.54 to John Foncin, compensation as engineer for construction of fortifications for defense of Baltimore Harbor in Maryland.
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Accountant's Office
Jany 9. 1800
I Certify that there is due to Samuel [undecipherable] the sum of twenty nine dollars &c being amount of his account of [undecipherable] Pay & Forage [undecipherable] addressed to Officers & [Agents?] of the [Army?] of the United States from 8th July to 31 December 1799, as [committed?] by the Secretary of War.
W.S.
Dolls 29.36
The Secretary of War—
Acctt [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
I Certify there is due to [Barras?] & Murdock a Brooklyn Contractor [contracted?] the sum of One Hundred Dollars being of balance of returns & Bounty Master Stores received; the [forage?] at this time between [Thirst?] & 31st December 1799 which sum is to be transmitted to [Justin?] Tumblington [Committee?] [Commissioner?] to be by him paid to the said [Barnes?] & Murdock [undecipherable].
W.S.
Dolls 100—
The Secretary of War
January 9th 1800
I Certify that there is due to W. Warren [undecipherable] the sum of forty [undecipherable] — only [held?] being the amount of his advance [to?] Officers having been [made?] to [them?] [assigned?] to the [then?] [Paymaster?] to the [Pay?] by order of the Secretary of War by [order?] of the [Secretary?] [of War?]
[undecipherable]
Dolls 65.35
The Secy of War—
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $321.54 to John Foncin, compensation as engineer for construction of fortifications for defense of Baltimore Harbor in Maryland.
Date
01/06/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800010621552
Page start
135
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John Foncin
engineer
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
fortifications
Baltimore harbor
Maryland
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
defense of harbor
construction of fortifications

