Certification of payment; Nicklin and Griffith for purchase, money and commission of broker for purchasing 9 ten pound cannon for Fort Mifflin
Document 1800Certification of payment; $383.80 to Nicklin and Griffith for purchase, money and commission of broker for purchasing 9 ten pound cannon for Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania.
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Accountants Office
June 3d 1800
I Certify that there is due to Jacob Lawersyn,
Major 1 Regt of Philada County militia commanded by Coll:
Francis Gurney called out to Suppress an Insurrection in the
Western Counties of Pennsylvania in 1794, the Sum of [underline: twenty
eight dollars] being a balance due him for retained rations
from 14 Sept to 24 Dect 1794 inclusively; → W.S.
Dr 28. →
The Sect War.
June 6t 1800
I Certify that there is due to Walter L Cochran,
Captn 2 trot of A. &E. the Sum of [underline: one hundred two Dollars
& 2/100] being a balance on Settlement of his account for
Recruiting &Contingent expences to this Date → W.S.
Dolls 122. 2.
The Sect of War.
June 7th 1800
I Certify that there is due to Nicklin & Griffith
the Sum of [underline: three hundred eighty three Dollars & 80/100] being the
amount of their account for the purchase money, &Commissions
of a Broker for purchasing ten 9 pound Cannon delivered at
Fort Mifflin by order of the late Sect of War → W.S.
Dr 383. 80
The Secd of War.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $383.80 to Nicklin and Griffith for purchase, money and commission of broker for purchasing 9 ten pound cannon for Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania.
Date
06/07/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800060721052
Page start
218
Notable persons
Samuel Dexter
William Simmons
Nicklin and Griffith
broker
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Fort Mifflin
Pennsylvania
Notable items
pay
purchase
money
commission
ten pound cannon

