Certification of payment; John Wyeth, Printer, for printing in Harrisburg, desertions of sundry men under command of Captain Zebulon Pike while on march to Fort Pitt in 1793
Document 1800Certification of payment; $7 to John Wyeth, Printer, for printing in the Oracle of Dauphine, and Harrisburg Advertiser the desertions of sundry men under command of Captain Zebulon Pike while on march to Fort Pitt in 1793.
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[Accountants Dpt.]
26 December 1800
I Certify [undecipherable] there is due to Joseph
[Brown?] late a Private in Captain [undecipherable]'s Detachments Co.
[the pay?] of A.B.C. the Sum of nine [dollars?] & five [cents?]
for his pay from [undecipherable] the latter last was paid him,
by the Pay masters to [25th] Oct[ober?] 1799 [being?] the day of his
death— which sum is payable to [Lewis Powell Gridon?]
Dec 9. 3 M[undecipherable]
The Secretary of War
27 December 1800
I Certify that there is due the [Private?]
[Richard?] the sum of twenty dollars being the reward for
apprehension [&] desertion to [Edwin?] [alias?] [Frazier?] &
[Stanford?] [Esterline?] from him [above?] [undecipherable] A.B.C. [which?]
Sum is to be paid at [Plattsburg?] [undecipherable] on the [first?]
[David?] herewith —
D[undecipherable]
The Secy of War
N 7 1[undecipherable] 1800
I Certify that there is due to the [Estate?] of [Jacob?] [Mason?]
the sum of [Forty?] [five?] [undecipherable] being for [quarters?] in [undecipherable]
[James?] [Cook's?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] A.B.C.
now [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] which [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] at [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
D[undecipherable] [30?]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification of payment; $7 to John Wyeth, Printer, for printing in the Oracle of Dauphine, and Harrisburg Advertiser the desertions of sundry men under command of Captain Zebulon Pike while on march to Fort Pitt in 1793.
Date
12/18/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Document number
1800121821153
Page start
263
Notable persons
Samuel Dexter
William Simmons
John Wyeth
printer
command
Captain Zebulon Pike
accountant
Secretary of War
deserters
Notable locations
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Fort Pitt
Accountant's Office
Notable items
pay
printing
Oracle of Dauphine
Harrisburg Advertiser
newspaper
desertion
march
advertising desertion

