Certification of payment; 2d Lieutenant Joseph H. Dwight, 1st Regiment of Infantry for travel expenses Oxford Massachusetts to Washington
Document 1800Certification of payment; $62.60 to 2d Lieutenant Joseph H. Dwight, 1st Regiment of Infantry for travel expenses Oxford Massachusetts to Washington, including stage hire and extra expenses while detained at seat of government, by order of Brigadier General Wilkinson.
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Accountants Office
December 11 1800
I Certify that there is due to soldier William Singh the sum of one hundred sixty one dollars & [undecipherable] being the amount of his account for monies advanced while on a Detachment or troop stationed at Niagaler under the command of [Gen?] Ferdinand A Claiborne, agreeably to the Report of [Forth] Gillery & [Burras] to whom the said Accounts was referred on [accounts?] which sum as to be paid to Mrs Thompson [Aged?] as his [Hannah] —
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The Secy of War
December 13 1800
I Certify that there is due to [Col?] Henry [Burkins?] the sum of one hundred & [seventy five?] dollars being the amount of an account of [undecipherable] hire [Expenses?] of himself & [Servant] travelling from Detroit to Washington, [allowed?] agreeably to the [provisions?] regarding road allowances to officers [rates?] of Dec 1799 & an allowance [made?] by the Secretary of [War] —
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The Secy of War
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $62.60 to 2d Lieutenant Joseph H. Dwight, 1st Regiment of Infantry for travel expenses Oxford Massachusetts to Washington, including stage hire and extra expenses while detained at seat of government, by order of Brigadier General Wilkinson.
Date
12/03/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800120321052
Page start
257
Notable persons
Samuel Dexter
William Simmons
2nd Lieutenant Joseph H. Dwight
1st Regiment of Infantry
Brigadier General Wilkinson
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Oxford
Massachusetts
Washington
Seat of Government
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
travel expenses
stage hire
extra expenses
detained

