Account of Mary Weed for subsisting deserters

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Account of Mary Weed for subsisting deserters

Description

Simmons certifies that the sum of $35.67 is due Mary Weed, being the amount of her account for subsisting sundry deserters from the Army in the jail at Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

year created

1795

month created

06

day created

10

sent from location

Dept of War Accountant's Office

recipient

in image

author note

William Simmons

recipient note

Timothy Pickering

notable person/group

Timothy Pickering
William Simmons
accountant
Secretary of War
Mary Weed
deserters
P.B. Wood
clerk for the jail
army

notable location

Philadelphia Pennsylvania
jail
Dept of War Accountant's Office
county
city

notable item/thing

jail
desertion
subsisting
account
women in war department
confined

notable idea/issue

women in War Department

document number

1795061021355

page start

43

transcription

43
Department of War Accountant's Office
June 10 1795
I Certify that there is due to Mary Weed the Sum of thirty five Dollars and sixty seven Cents being the amount of her Account for subsisting sundry Deserters from the Army of the United States confined in the jail of the City and County of Philadelphia from 2nd April to 6 June 1795 inclusive, which sum is payable to P. B. Wood Clerk for the jail.
Wm Simmons
Acct
Dolls 35 and 67/100
The Secy of War

Item sets

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 pages) DMA01 (443 pages) Collection: Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, April 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217) V: A, P: 43

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author William Simmons Dept of War Accountant's Office [n/a]
Recipient Timothy Pickering [unknown] [n/a]