Certification of payment; John Bray, contractor, New Brunswick, for rations, fuel, straw and quarters furnished Lieutenant Drakes recruiting party, Cranberry New Jersey
Document 1800Certification of payment; $24.81 to John Bray, contractor, New Brunswick, for rations, fuel, straw and quarters furnished Lieutenant Drakes recruiting party, Cranberry New Jersey.
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(Accountant's Office
November 25th 1800
I Certify that there is due to C. [undecipherable: Selain] &c the Sum of Sixty one dollars & 10/100 being the amount of their account for printing proposals for the Supply of Rations & notification to Officers to report themselves to Brig. Genl Wilkinson, which sum is payable to Wm. Cranch Co's order. W.S.
Drs 61. 10.
The Secy of War—
(November 1st 1800
I Certify that there is due to Elias Hoyton of Elizabethtown New Jersey the Sum of two thousand & three dollars 18/100 being a balance on Rations Subsitee & Quarter Master [undecipherable] Expenditures for the use of the Troops of the U.S. in the State of New Jersey commencing the 1 Octr 1799 & terminating 30 Sept 1800 including under the Head of Quarter Master expenditures the purchase of materials & Labor of Mechanics, in erecting huts & Store Houses for the 11, 12 & 13th Regts at Scotch Plains— also for forages purchased for the horses of the Officers of Said Regts when at Said place—
D' 2003. 18.
The Secy of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $24.81 to John Bray, contractor, New Brunswick, for rations, fuel, straw and quarters furnished Lieutenant Drakes recruiting party, Cranberry New Jersey.
Date
11/24/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800112421152
Page start
254
Notable persons
Samuel Dexter
William Simmons
Elias B. Dayton
John Bray
contractor
Lieutenant Drake
recruiting party
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
New Brunswick
New Jersey
Cranberry
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
rations
fuel
straw
quarters
recruiting

