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Receipt for recruiting service from Samuel Lewis to Lieutenant John Steele 3d United States Regiment
08/14/1797 Document SignedAt Carlisle Pennsylvania, Lieutenant John Steele received $250 from Lewis on account of recruiting service.
Receipts for Moneys Advanced (Advances), 1793-1855. (RG217)
Receipt for payment by Jesse and Robert Waln for cannon shot
12/16/1797 Document SignedFiscal, receipt for payment for cannon shot.
Correspondence, Reports, Returns, Bills, Accounts Current' Statements, Receipts, Vouchers and Contracts of Philadelphia Supply Agencies (Coxe And
Receipt for Expenses
06/22/1797 Document SignedMoney received for the advance given to Davidson for his travel to Philadelphia.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)- No image
Petition of Michael Van Kleek and Mary Hibbern
01/23/1797 Document SignedPetitions to Congress related to service in Revolutionary War.
Fourth Congress: Reports and Communications to the Senate by the Secretary of War [4A-F3] (RG46) 
Petition of Michael Van Kleeck
01/27/1797 Document SignedBecause regimental paymasters were elected by the officers of the regiment, there is no right to compensation by said officers if the paymasters, chosen by them, do not deliver the appropriate …
Transcribed Reports and Communications Transmitted by the Executive Branch to the Senate, 1789-1819. (RG46) (M1257, Rolls 1-3)
Petition of Mary Hibborn
01/27/1797 Document SignedMary Hibborn's petition for land promised to soldiers who served in the late war until its termination is denied because her husband, Francis Cranberry, served and died long before the war ended.
Transcribed Reports and Communications Transmitted by the Executive Branch to the Senate, 1789-1819. (RG46) (M1257, Rolls 1-3)
Payment to Major James Grant, Tennessee
10/04/1797 Document SignedCaptain Lewis, 3d U.S. Regiment and messenger to the committee, states that the committee of congress late in session at Germantown, having given Major James Grant a discharge and certificate, deem …
Receipts for Moneys Advanced (Advances), 1793-1855. (RG217)
Payment to John Stagg to William Simmons for payment to William Skinner
09/06/1797 Document SignedHaskell requests that Stagg or Simmons pay Mr William Skinner $200.
Receipts for Moneys Advanced (Advances), 1793-1855. (RG217)
Payment Due a Detachment Artillerists and Engineers Stationed at Fort Whetstonepoint, Baltimore Maryland
08/05/1797 Document SignedCertification of payment; detachment Artillerists and Engineers stationed at Fort Whetstonepoint, Baltimore Maryland; $238.73 for pay of Lieutenant Samuel Dyson and new commissioned officers and …
Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, Apr 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217)
Pay received by Capt. Daniel McLane, 1791 Nov 4-1792 Dec 31
05/19/1797 Document SignedAbstract of pay received by Daniel McLane. Note stating that McLane has received the sum specified and that Simmons has extra money in his possession.
James Robertson Papers
Pay of the Army, 1798
08/22/1797 Document SignedA duplicate set of bills has been drawn for the sum of $300 in favor of Rezin Webster on account of the pay of the Army ffor 1798.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Pay of the Army Through September 1797
09/21/1797 Document SignedSwan transmits to McHenry a form letter in which he states that he has drawn a duplicate set of bills on McHenry for the sum of one thousand dollars in favor of Lt. James Sterrett for the pay of the …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Pay of the Army Through September 1797
09/21/1797 Document SignedSwan transmits to McHenry a form letter in which he states that he has drawn a duplicate set of bills on McHenry for the sum of one thousand dollars in favor of Lt. James Sterrett for the pay of the …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Pay of the Army for September 1797
09/21/1797 Document SignedSwan transmits to McHenry a form letter in which he states that he has drawn a duplicate set of bills on McHenry for the sum of one thousand dollars in favor of Lt. James Sterrett for the pay of the …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Pay of Sergeant Hackett
05/22/1797 Document SignedA receipt signed by Sgt. Hackett in which he acknowledges receipt of two month's pay, in the amount of $14, from Lt. John Steele
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Pay of John Ash
09/30/1797 Document SignedSwan certifies to McHenry that he has drawn the sum of one thousand dollars in favor of John Ash on account of the pay of the Army through the 30th of September 1797.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Orders to Deliver Clothing
05/20/1797 Document SignedDelivery of overalls, pants, and shoes to Capt. Shaumberg's company.
James T. Mitchell Collection
Monies advanced to paymaster Presley Nevill paymaster general to militia
10/17/1797 Document SignedMonies advanced to paymaster Presley Nevill paymaster general to militia called out to suppress an insurrection in Western Counties of Pennsylvania in 1794. Mr Paul McDermott, late paymaster to …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Money Received
03/28/1797 Document SignedAcknowledged receipt of money, to be distributed to Caleb Swan, or Richard Chandler.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Money and Transportation of Package
04/28/1797 Document SignedVowed to find Polhemus and get Craig's money. Mentioned package addressed to Col. Sargent contained a delicate thermometer and hoped it would reach Craig safely.
James Robertson Papers
Major Constant Freeman receipt of William Simmons on account of contingencies of the War Department
10/12/1797 Document SignedMajor Constant Freeman, Agent for War Department, receipt for $1500 on account of contingencies of War Department.
Receipts for Moneys Advanced (Advances), 1793-1855. (RG217)
List of vouchers deducted from the accounts rendered by Samuel Hodgdon, from 07/01/1796 to 12/31/1797.
02/13/1797 Document SignedList of vouchers deducted from accounts rendered by Samuel Hodgdon. Cash paid for mahogany trunnion, halliards, shot stores. Simmons notes that he is not sure by what authority these charges were made …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
List of Deranged Officers
03/10/1797 Document SignedList of officers deranged in pursuance of an "Act to ascertain and fix the military establishment of the United States," passed the 13th of May 1796.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
License for William Woodard to Trade with the Cherokee Nation
04/13/1797 Document SignedPermit that allows William Woodard to trade with the Cherokee Nation of Indians for twelve months.
Settled Indian Accounts and Claims, 1794-1894. (RG217)
License for John Civils to Trade with the Cherokee Nation
05/01/1797 Document SignedJ. Civils, a mulatto, permission to trade with Cherokee Nation. Trade confined to Cherokee towns.
Settled Indian Accounts and Claims, 1794-1894. (RG217)
