Pay & Subsistence of Navy Captain James Sever

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Pay & Subsistence of Navy Captain James Sever

Description

Simmons certifies that $229.20 is due James Sever, Captain of the frigate building at Portsmouth New Hampshire, being his pay and subsistence for May and June 1796.

short description

Simmons payment due James Sever, Captain of the frigate building at Portsmouth New Hampshire.

year created

1796

month created

12

day created

26

sent from location

Accountant's Office

recipient

in image

author note

William Simmons

recipient note

James McHenry

notable person/group

James McHenry
William Simmons
Captain James Sever
United States Navy
Jonathan Jackson Supervisor Boston
accountant
Secretary of War

notable location

Accountant's Office
Portsmouth New Hampshire
Boston Massachusetts

notable item/thing

pay
subsistence
Frigate construction

document number

1796122621455

page start

330

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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: 330

Document names

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