Certification of Payments Due; Pay of the Detachment at Fort Whetstone
Document 1797Certification that $238.73 is due a Detachment of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at Fort Whetstone Point, being the pay of Lt. Samuel Dyson and the non-commissioned officers and privates of the detachment for July 1797.
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Accountants Office
August 5th 1797
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of the Corps of Artillerists & Engineers stationed at Fort Whetstone point the sum of [underline: Two hundred thirty eight dollars and seventy three cents] being for the pay of Lieutt Samuel J. Dyson and the non Commissioned Officers and Privates of the said Detachment for July 1797 which sum is to be transmitted to John Kilty Supervisor at Baltimore to be by him paid to the said Lieutt Dyson who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof.
Dr 238 73/100 Pay of the ar: 1797 Wm Simmons
The Secy of War Acct
Accountants Office
August 7th 1797
I Certify that there is due to a Detachment of the 1st Regiment stationed at West Point for the service of the Ordnance Department the sum of [underline: Nineteen Dollars] being for their Pay for June 1797 which sum is to be transmitted to Nicholas Fish Supervisor New York and to be by him paid to George Heming Military Store Keeper who is to be held accountable for the due application thereof.
Dr 19. Wm Simmons
The Secy of War Acct
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Certification that $238.73 is due a Detachment of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at Fort Whetstone Point, being the pay of Lt. Samuel Dyson and the non-commissioned officers and privates of the detachment for July 1797.
Date
08/05/1797
Author
Recipient
Document number
1797080521051
Notable persons
William Simmons
James McHenry
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
Lieutenant Samuel T. Dyson
non commissioned officers
privates
John Kilty
Supervisor at Baltimore
accountant
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Fort Whetstone Point
Fort Whetstonepoint
Baltimore
Maryland
Notable items
pay
detachment

