Enclosed Copy of Waste Book of the Agent for the Dept of War
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Enclosed Copy of Waste Book of the Agent for the Dept of War
Description
Hillis encloses a copy of the records of the Agent of the War Department of payments made in July 1797. Items include payments for goods and services as well as salary payments.
short description
Enclosed Copy of Waste Book of the Agent for the Dept of War
year created
1797
month created
08
day created
09
author
sent from location
Knoxville
recipient
sent to location
Department of War
notable person/group
William Simmons
Stephen Hillis
Agent for the Department of War
Weston P. King
William Bryant, waiter
Captain Brock
James Dodson
Indian Department
Clothing Department
William MClish
William McClish
interpreter
Chickasaw
George Colbert
Negroes
Cherokees
Secretary of War James McHenry
Benjamin Hawkins
Charles Hicks
James Byers
Treasurer
Captain Wades' men
General Sevier
Congress
express
Colonel Butler
Judge McRairy
Dragoons
Dinsmoor
Governor Blount
Charles McClurg
Robert Hayes
muster master
militia
William Baldie
Captain Rickard's company
Robert Craig
Colonel Ramsey
William Rud
Quarter Master's Department
John Dearmon
Nathan Dabney Abbett
Samuel Cowan
James & John Gillespie
Mr. Byers
Alexander Kirkpatrick
William MClish's daughter a Chickasaw Indian
Joseph Greer
King Krozier
John Hasket
Thomas Brandon
William Doherty
deserter
Thomas Hope
Joseph Bridges
William Rickard's company
Nicholas Bartlett
Thomas A. Claiborne
John Childress
Army Department
Sergeant James Dewitt
Captain Richard Spark's company
Mrs. Houdon
Robert Neely
Hugh Dunlapp
Colonel Butler
William Atkinson
Captain Van Rensselair
Zachariah Butler
William Rickard
Hugh Row
Captain John Wade's company
Lewis Tiner, clerk
Joseph Chisholm
Commissioners
Colonel Ore
Jacob Lavender
Peter McNamee
notable location
Department of War
Knoxville
Tellico
Mero District
Dragoon Camp
West Point
notable item/thing
waste book
shirts
overalls
cash
salary
Chickasaw yearly stipend
set of exchange
bounty
contingent expense
provisions
ferriage
military services
making a coffin
hauling
wagon loads of hay
loads of slabs
load of wood
pails
shingles
sand box
powder
gray mare
linsey
cutting bones
finding knives
pay
forage
horses
pack horses
subsistence
shoeing horses
plank
mending a trumpet
mess boxes
table
benches
shoes
document number
1797080970001
page start
1
number of pages
10
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (10 pages) | YXE13 (10 pages) | Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) | Hillis, Stephen |
| [view document] (10 pages) | YXE13a (10 pages) | Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) | Hillis, Stephen |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Stephen Hillis | Knoxville | [n/a] |
| Recipient | William Simmons | Department of War | [n/a] |