Certification of payments; salary of Foreman Cheesman

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Certification of payments; salary of Foreman Cheesman

Description

Certification that $100 is due Foreman Cheesman, Superintendent of the Navy Yard at New York, being his salary for January through March 1798.

year created

1798

month created

04

day created

23

sent from location

Accountants Office

recipient

in image

note

Account of Foreman Cheesman.

author note

William Simmons

recipient note

James McHenry

notable person/group

James McHenry
William Simmons
Foreman Cheesman
Superintendent of the Navy Yard at New York
accountant
Secretary of War
Nicholas Fish
supervisor New York
Secretary of War

notable location

Accountants Office
New York
navy yard

notable item/thing

pay
salary

document number

1798042321255

page start

145

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 pages) In image DOP01 (431 pages) In source Collection: Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, Apr 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217) Location in source V:B, P:145

Document names

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