Certification of payment; Doctors Gillaspy and Strong, for medicine, advice, and attendance on sick belonging to Captain Gibbs detachment of 16th Regiment of Infantry
Document 1800Certification of payment; $85 to Doctors Gillaspy and Strong, for medicine, advice, and attendance on sick belonging to Captain Gibbs detachment of 16th Regiment of Infantry, agreeably to report of Doctor William Shippen.
100%
⇣No human transcription currently available for this document.
This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (a mix of sonnet and opus models). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.
[Accountants Office
May 13th 1800]
I certify that there is due to the Estate of Joseph Lamotte deceased, the sum of four hundred & thirty four Dollars being a balance due him for his services as an Indian Interpreter at Fort Knox from 1 Nov 95 to the 18 Dec. 1796. his services as an express from Fort Knox to Kaskaskia & for supplies to sundry Indians: which sum is payable to Mr Henry Harrison Attorney for Guillaume Page the administrator to the Estate of said Lamotte &c N.S.
Indian Department Dolls 434.—
The Sec.y of War—
May 15th 1800
I certify that there is due to Dr Gillaspy & Strong, the sum of [underline: Eighty five dollars,] being the amount of their account for medicine, advice & attendance, on the sick, belonging to Capt Gibbs' Detachment of 1st U.S. Reg.t of [undecipherable] from 1 Jan.y to 11 April 1800 admitted agreeably to the report of Dr Mr Shippen to whom this said acc.t was referred for taxulion &c N.S.
D.s 85.—
The Sec.y of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $85 to Doctors Gillaspy and Strong, for medicine, advice, and attendance on sick belonging to Captain Gibbs detachment of 16th Regiment of Infantry, agreeably to report of Doctor William Shippen.
Date
05/15/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800051521352
Page start
204
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
Doctor Gillaspy
Doctor Strong
sick
Captain Gibbs
detachment
16th Regiment of Infantry
Doctor William Shippen
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
medicine
medical advice
medical attendance
report

