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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Accountants' Office
April 2.d 1800
I certify that there is due to Edmund Winchester late Contractor of Boston the sum of [underline: eighty] nine dollars & 44/100 being a balance due him for materials purchased in April & May 1799 for repairing the barracks on Castle William Island, which were rejected on settlement made the 7 of Aug.t last they having been purchased without the approbation of the Secretary of War but now admitted in consequence of orders from Gen.l Hamilton & approved by the Secretary of War, which sum is to be transmitted to Jon.d Jackson Supervisor Boston to be by him paid to the said Edmund Winchester—
W.S.
Doll.s 89. 44
The Secretary of War—
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
04/03/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800040321555
Page start
181
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
John Steel
John Steele
coxswain
crew
Notable locations
Mud Island Fort
Accountant's Office
Notable items
public barge
pay


