Certification of payment; Captain Samuel Brown, 11th Regiment of Infantry for pursuing and apprehending sundry deserters from his company
Document 1800Certification of payment; $97.25 to Captain Samuel Brown, 11th Regiment of Infantry for pursuing and apprehending sundry deserters from his company, and for postage, letters and stationary for recruiting.
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Accountants Office
April 16th 1800
I certify that there is due to William Cobbett
Printer, the sum of twenty one dollars & 12/100 being the amount
of his account for advertising sundry deserters from Fort Mifflin
by order of Major Lewis Tousard: which sum is payable to John
Morgan, Attorney for said Wm Cobbett — [initials]
Dolls 21. 12
The Secy of War —
April 1[undecipherable]th 1800
I certify that there is due to Samuel Brown Baker
11th Regt of Infantry the sum of ninety seven dollars & 25/100 being
the amount of his account of expenses paid by him on recruiting
and apprehending sundry deserters from his Company & for Postage of
letters & stationary while on the recruiting service — [initials]
Dolrs [undecipherable]
The Secy of War
April 17th 1800
I certify that there is due to George [undecipherable]
Major in the Regiment of Cumberland County Militia commanded
by Col. [undecipherable] ordered into service in the Year 1794 to
suppress an Insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania
the sum of twenty four dollars & [undecipherable]/100 being the balance due
him for rations from the 24 Sept to the 11 Decr 1794 — [initials]
Dolls 24 90
The Secy of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $97.25 to Captain Samuel Brown, 11th Regiment of Infantry for pursuing and apprehending sundry deserters from his company, and for postage, letters and stationary for recruiting.
Date
04/15/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800041521052
Page start
187
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Captain Samuel Brown
11th Infantry Regiment
deserters
accountant
Secretary of War
company
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
desertion
pay
apprehending deserters
postage
stationary
recruiting

