Certification of payment; Private James Cowen of Easton Pennsylvania
Document 1800Certification of payment;$12 to Private James Cowen of Easton Pennsylvania, for advertising four deserters from 9th Infantry Regiment under Captain J. Spencer.
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Accountant's Office
October 3d 1800
I Certify that there is now due [undecipherable] Capt. 3 regiment late acting as Day master to the Troops on the Mississippe by authority of the Secretary of War the sum of [undecipherable] thousand five hundred & eighty five dollars $[undecipherable], being the balance of his account [undecipherable] this day [undecipherable] a payment made for the [undecipherable] & forage of Land Troops, [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] for pay & the [undecipherable] service including his own compensation as [undecipherable] October 3 [undecipherable] to the 31 Aug.t 1800, also his travelling expenses from the Mississippe to the Seat of Government & [undecipherable] at the latter place [undecipherable] his public account, [undecipherable] compensation as Day master from 1 Aug.t 1797 to 31 May 1799, [undecipherable] in conformity to the Secretary of War's letter dated 2d Jan.y [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] $1555.—
[undecipherable] the Sec.y of War,
October 2d 1800—
I Certify that there is due to D.r [undecipherable] the sum of [undecipherable] dollars being for his attendance on the sick of the Garrison at Niagara from [undecipherable] 1799 to 14 January 1800, admitted in conformity to a letter from the Secretary of War to Major [undecipherable] dated 12 Feb.y 1800—
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment;$12 to Private James Cowen of Easton Pennsylvania, for advertising four deserters from 9th Infantry Regiment under Captain J. Spencer.
Date
09/30/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800093021052
Page start
237
Notable persons
Samuel Dexter
William Simmons
Private James Cowen
deserters
Captain J. Spencer
accountant
Secretary of War
9th Infantry Regiment
Notable locations
Easton
Pennsylvania
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
advertising deserters
desertion

