Certification of payments; detachment at Governors Island

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Certification of payments; detachment at Governors Island

Description

Certification that $691.75 is due a detachment of the Corps of Artillerists and Engineers at Governors Island under the command of Captain Frederick Frye, being the pay , subsistence, and forage of the officers, and the pay of the non-commissioned officers and privates, through June 1798.

year created

1798

month created

07

day created

06

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
detachment
corps of artillerists and engineers
Captain Frederick Frye
officers
non commissioned officers
privates
Secretary of War
accountant

notable location

Accountants Office
Governors Island
New York

notable item/thing

pay
subsistence
forage
pay of the army

document number

1798070921152

page start

194

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Document instances

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[view document] (1 pages) DOP01 (431 pages) Collection: Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, Apr 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217) V:B, P:198

Document names

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