Original bills should not be honored or paid.

Item

Type

Document Signed

Title

Original bills should not be honored or paid.

Description

Captain Guion discusses his paymaster's account which was complicated by the violent theft of the original bills from the express on his way from Loftus Heights. The replacement bills should be honored while the original bills, having been stolen, should not be honored.

year created

1799

month created

05

day created

05

author

sent from location

Loftus Heights

recipient

in image

notable person/group

James McHenry
Captain Isaac Guion, Paymaster
Abjiah Hunt
Secretary of War
command

notable location

Cantonment of Loftus Heights
Natchez
Mississippi River

notable item/thing

bills
recruiting
pay of troops
payment
exchange

notable phrase

...the original bills are not accepted or paid by you, or in any manner whatever acknowledged by you for acceptance or payment

document number

1799050540101

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) ZAK10 (2 pages) Collection: Receipts for Moneys Advanced (Advances), 1793-1855. (RG217) B: 7
[view document] (2 pages) ZAK10a (2 pages) Collection: Receipts for Moneys Advanced (Advances), 1793-1855. (RG217) B: 7

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Isaac Guion Loftus Heights [n/a]
Recipient James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]