Certification of payments; account of West Point Detachment

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Certification of payments; account of West Point Detachment

Description

Certification that $1794 is due a detachment of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers stationed at West Point, being for the pay, subsistence, and forage of the commissioned officers and the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates through December 1797.

year created

1798

month created

01

day created

29

sent from location

Accountants Office

recipient

in image

author note

William Simmons

recipient note

James McHenry

notable person/group

James McHenry
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
Lieutenant Nehemiah Freeman
temporary paymaster West Point
detachment
Corps of Artillerists and Engineers
accountant
Secretary of War
non-commissioned officers
privates
commissioned officers

notable location

West Point
New York
Accountants Office

notable item/thing

pay
forage
subsistence

document number

1798012921051

page start

93

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) DOP01 (431 pages) Collection: Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, Apr 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217) V:B, P:93

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author William Simmons Accountants Office [n/a]
Recipient James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]