Certification of payments; detachment of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point, New York

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Certification of payments; detachment of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point, New York

Description

Certification of payments; $709 for the detachment of Artillerists and Engineers at West Point for pay and forage.

year created

1798

month created

10

day created

18

sent from location

Accountants Office

recipient

in image

author note

William Simmons

recipient note

James McHenry

notable person/group

Secretary of War
artillerists and engineers
accountant
detachment
James McHenry
William Simmons
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
Lieutenant Nehemiah Freeman
temporary paymaster
officers
soldiers

notable location

West Point
New York
Accountants Office

notable item/thing

pay
forage
bounty

document number

1798101821052

page start

248

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[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:247

Document names

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