Certification of payment; John Foncin for compensation as engineer for constructing fortifications for defense of town and harbor of Baltimore
Document 1800Certification of payment; $208.07 to John Foncin for compensation as engineer for constructing fortifications for defense of town and harbor of Baltimore Maryland.
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Accountants Office
May 30th 1800
I certify that there is due to Richard Harrison Esqr the sum of [underline: one hundred &seventy Dollars] being amot of his account for retaining, fee Costs &Counsel Fees upon the cause of Houdin adr Van Ingen &for his [undecipherable] &expenses at Albany to obtain Habeas Corpus & liberate an Indian confined for murder, admitted by the Secretary of War, which sum is payable to Mr Edwa Jones by order of said Richard Harrison — [undecipherable]
Dolls 170.—
The Secy of War
May 30th 18[00]
I certify that there is due to Jeremiah Wadsworth the sum of [underline: six hundred &fifty four Dollars & [undecipherable]] being a balance on Settlement of his account for purchasing of Cartouche Boxes Shoes &c agreeably to the directions given him by the Secy of War, including a Commission of 2½ pr Ct on amot of disbursements made by him.
Dolls 654. 61
The Secy of War
June 3d 1800—
I certify that there is due to John Foncier the sum of [underline: Two hundred & eight Dollars & [undecipherable]] being for his compensation as Engineer appointed for the purpose of constructing Fortifications for the defence of the Town & Harbor of Baltimore for April & May 1800 admitted agreeably to his appointment by the President of the United States, given at the War Office [undecipherable] Oct. 1799 — [undecipherable]
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $208.07 to John Foncin for compensation as engineer for constructing fortifications for defense of town and harbor of Baltimore Maryland.
Date
06/03/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800060321152
Page start
208
Notable persons
William Simmons
John Foncin
engineer
Samuel Dexter
Secretary of War
accountant
Notable locations
Baltimore
Baltimore harbor
Maryland
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
compensation
fortifications
defensive fortifications

