Certification of payment; Ensign Anthony Hergesheimer, in Captain Jacob Darling Company, 1st Regiment Philadelphia County Militia, commanded by Colonel Joseph Cowperthwaite, ordered into service to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania, 1794
Document 1800Certification of payment; $10.10 for retained rations to Ensign Anthony Hergesheimer, in Captain Jacob Darling's Company, 1st Regiment Philadelphia County Militia, commanded by Colonel Joseph Cowperthwaite, ordered into service to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania, 1794.
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Accountants Office
April 10th 1800
I Certify that there is due to [undecipherable] Pilot [undecipherable] on the 10 day [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the Sum of Twenty dollars being for expenses incurred by him while in pursuit of William [undecipherable] a Deserter from [undecipherable] [undecipherable] —
[undecipherable]
Doll 20 —
The Secretary of War
April 10th 1800 —
I Certify that there is due to Nathaniel [undecipherable] Lieutenant on the 2nd day of [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] the Sum of [undecipherable] twenty two dollars & [undecipherable] being to reimburse him a loss from [undecipherable] pay for the reward & expenses incurred on pursuing & apprehending [undecipherable] deserters from the Garrison at Fort [undecipherable] [undecipherable] which sum is to be transmitted to [undecipherable] & [undecipherable] [undecipherable] at [undecipherable] to be by him paid to the said [undecipherable] [undecipherable] —
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The Sec of War
April 10th 1800
I certify that there is due to John R[undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the sum of one hundred & thirty eight [undecipherable] Dollars [undecipherable] being an amount of [undecipherable] on account of [undecipherable] for receiving [undecipherable] recruits from the [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $10.10 for retained rations to Ensign Anthony Hergesheimer, in Captain Jacob Darling's Company, 1st Regiment Philadelphia County Militia, commanded by Colonel Joseph Cowperthwaite, ordered into service to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania, 1794.
Date
04/07/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800040721653
Page start
184
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Ensign Anthony Hergesheimer
Captain Jacob Darling
company
1st Regiment Philadelphia County Militia
command
Colonel Joseph Cowperthwaite
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Western Counties of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Notable items
pay
insurrection
Whiskey Rebellion
retained rations

