Notification of Payment
Document 1800Leonard to receive payment from accounts transmitted by Major Jackson to the Office. Money to be distributed by Nathaniel Fosdick, Collector at Portland.
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D'r. Shirley Ewing Accountants Office
Portland Me. July 5th 1800
Sir
You will receive from Nath'l F. Fosdick Collector at Portland the sum of one hundred & fifty six dollars & [undecipherable] being the amount of your accounts for medicine administered [to?], attendance & Hospital Stores furnished the Sick at Fort Sumner from January to October 1799, inclusive; and for medicines furnish'd to the 15 Reg't. of Infantry: for which sum you will please to grant your duplicate rec'ts.
Sam de
[signature]
Lieut. Nath'l. Leonard, July 8th. 1800
Portland Me.
Sir
Your account transmitted to this Office by Major D. Jackson, has undergone examination the result whereof is as follows viz. Amount agreeably to your statement ............. D°. 123.0[undecipherable]
— deduct —
prem'm claimed for Inlisting Jon'a Brink, no evidence appears of his being enlisted by you .......... D°. 2.—
d°..... d°. for d° Wm McLaughlin for same reason ... 2.—
d°.... d°.... for John Smith — deserted .............. 2.—
Bounty & prem's for Runel Hurlbett, no receipt appears for bounty paid him ..................... 10.—
Overadded in acc't. of expences apprehending Winthrop Eages — 1.12.
The following sums being the difference of pay between artif'rs & Priv'ts — due sundry artificers, of your detach't. from 1 Apr't to 30 June 1799 adm'd. in former settlement. on their rec'ts. but which appears by your letter of 18 may 1800 not to have been paid yet.
Sam'l. Stone — disch'd ........ $15.– }
Sam'l Swan .... deserted .... " 15.– } .......... 44.17.
Sylvanus White – transferred ... 14.17. }
D°r 62.
which sum you will receive from Nath'l. F. Fosdick Esq'r. Collector at
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Portland on granting your duplicate rec'ts for the same.
Sam de
[signature]
Sam'l. Hodgdon Esq'r. Accountants Office
Philad'a. July 10th. 1800
Sir
The Secretary of War has issued a warrant in your favor as Attorney for Joseph Williams of Springfield for sixteen hundred Dollars, on account of the armoury at that place, & agreeably to the request contained in your letter of the 30 ult'o. I inclose the same to you, together with the rec't. which when you have signed you will please to return to this Office.
Sam &c
[signature]
M'r. Willm. Chancellor July 11th. 1800
Philad'a.
Sir
I have received your letter of the 8th Instant, with its enclosures which will be placed under examination with the accounts already received & you will be informed of the result.
Sam &co
[signature]
Lieut. Henry N. Muhlenberg July 11th. 1800
Fort Norfolk. V'a.
Sir
I have received your letter dated 3d Inst't. inclosing your account of expences from Fort Norfolke to Harpers Ferry attending a Court Martial in the case of Cap't. Blackburn.
As all claims of that nature in the first instance are to be examined & settled by the Pay masters of the respective Regiments I return you the account inclosed for the purpose of making the proper application to the Pay master of your Regiment.
Sam &c
[signature]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Leonard to receive payment from accounts transmitted by Major Jackson to the Office. Money to be distributed by Nathaniel Fosdick, Collector at Portland.
Date
07/08/1800
Author
Recipient
Document number
1800070821655
Page start
186
Notable persons
Lieutenant Nathaniel Leonard
William Simmons
Major D. Jackson
William McLaughlin
John Smith
deserter
Samuel Stone
Samuel Swan
Sylvanus White
collector
Jonathan Brink
Renel Hurlbett
Notable locations
Portland, Maine
Notable items
accounts
payment
receipts
bounty
premium

