Amount Owed Ensign Smith
Document 1798This is a declaration of the amount of $125 owed Ensign Smith by the United States and certified by him and Edward Wright, the deputy paymaster.
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The United States
To Ensign Wm P. Smith
3d U. States Regiment H—
For his Pay for the Month of June 1797 Drs 20.
" Ditto from July 1st 1797 to the 30th April
1798 — 10 Months @ 25 Drs Month — 250
Drs 270.—
Cr.
June 7, 1797 By Warrant No 2125 drawn by the Secretary
of War on the Treasurer of the United State[s]
[undecipherable] on Account of his Pay Drs 95.
" 8th " " Ditto No 2128...Ditto...Ditto... 50 145.—
Per Ensign Wm P. Smith Drs 125
I certify on honor that the above Account is
Just and Accurate as it stands Stated ——, ——
W. P. Smith
Ensign 3d U. S. Regt
I certify that I have examined the above Account and find due to Ensign Wm P. Smith
the sum of one hundred and twenty five Dollars which please pay —
Knoxville April 24th 1798 Edward Wright
Deputy Pay Master
Col. David Henley
Agent of War
[Docket, verso:] Knoxville April 26th 1798
Ensign [undecipherable] Agent of
War — On the [undecipherable] of
has by [some] [undecipherable] in
part of the [undecipherable] days
[undecipherable] Smith
Sent 3d U S Regt
Type
Document Signed
Description
This is a declaration of the amount of $125 owed Ensign Smith by the United States and certified by him and Edward Wright, the deputy paymaster.
Date
04/24/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Knoxville
Document number
1798042437010
Notable persons
Edward Wright
Deputy Paymaster
Ensign William P. Smith
Secretary of War
Treasurer of the United States
Colonel David Henley, Agent of War
Notable locations
Knoxville
Philadelphia
Notable items
pay
warrant
account of pay
account
just and accurate

