Accounting Matters Related to Official Travel
Document 1792Knox details the financial matters associated with offical travel to Israel Chapin, Jr.
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War department
June 27 1792
Sir,
The sum of six hundred dollars has been delivered to you on the account of your father Israel Chapin Deputy temporary Agent to the Six Nations.
Out of this Sum you are to defray the expences of Captain Joseph Brant, his servant, and ten Horses from this City to Niagara, and also of yourself and Doctor Devoat Allen with this exception that Doctor Allen has received an allowance for horse hire & the transportation of himself from this City to the Genesee Country.
Capt Brant will take ten horses from this City —
Upon your arrival at Albany, or Schenectady, you will for— yourself purchase a low priced horse to take you home and deliv—
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Knox details the financial matters associated with offical travel to Israel Chapin, Jr.
Date
06/27/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1792062700201
Page start
1
Notable persons
Israel Chapin, Jr.
Henry Knox
Doctor Allen
Joseph Brant
servants
Notable locations
War Department
Genesee
Notable items
horses