Certification of payment; Sergeant William Carter, 11th Regiment of Infantry for expenses marching recruits from Philadelphia to Headquarters on the Scotch Plains
Document 1800Certification of payment; $4.75 to Sergeant William Carter, 11th Regiment of Infantry for expenses marching recruits from Philadelphia to Headquarters on the Scotch Plains.
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Accountants Office
April 17th 1800
I Certify that there is due to William Carter,
Sergeant in the 11 Regt of Infantry the sum of four dollars
& seventy five Cents being for expenses incurred by him
in marching 3 Recruits from Philadelphia to Head Quarters
on the Scotch Plains agreeably to the order of Lt John Caldwell
which sum is payable to the said Lt Caldwell being so much
advanced by him to the said Carter — N.L.
Drs 4.75 —
The Secy of War —
April 21st 1800
I Certify that there is due to James
Nicholson the sum of [underline: one hundred & eighty dollars,] being
for his services assisting in the Inspection of Muskets Musket
Stocks Muskett Barrels Bayonets Ramrods &c. from the 16 Octr 1799
to 16 April 1800, agreeable to this account admitted by the Secretary
of War —
Dol. 180.—
The Secretary of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $4.75 to Sergeant William Carter, 11th Regiment of Infantry for expenses marching recruits from Philadelphia to Headquarters on the Scotch Plains.
Date
04/17/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800041721252
Page start
189
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Lieutenant Caldwell
Sergeant William Carter
11th Infantry Regiment
recruits
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Philadelphia
Headquarters on Scotch Plains
Notable items
pay
marching recruits
expenses


