Letter from Captain John Heth to Paymaster Joseph Howell concerning balance of payment
Document 1792Captain Heth encloses a receipt for $76 received, which is all he has received of the $200 sent by Ensign Younghusband of the recruiting service. Younghusband is in Virginia or North Carolina. When he returns, Heth will get a receipt. In post script, clerk B. Millflin notes that on 17 April 1792 a warrant for $200 was paid to Ensign Younghusband to be carried to Captain Heth.
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Camp Near Richmond July 29. 1792
[C.]
Sir
I inclose you a receipt for seventy six dollars which is all that I have yet received of the two hundred dollars. sent me by Ensn Younghusband for the recruiting service. Mr Younghusband is now in Virginia or North Carolina as he did not march with Capt Smith. and if I can get the balance when he returns I will immediately transmit you a receipt. I hope that that the Secretary of war will not hold me accountable for money that I have never seen.
I am Sir your Obt
Servt
[signature]
[On the 17 April 1792. a warrant for Two Hundred dollars was paid to Ensd Younghusband to be carried to Capt Hoth — Accountants Office July 30. 92.
B. Mifflin Clk]
[Major Joseph Howell
Paymaster General]
[July 29 1792
Capt [undecipherable]
[undecipherable]]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Captain Heth encloses a receipt for $76 received, which is all he has received of the $200 sent by Ensign Younghusband of the recruiting service. Younghusband is in Virginia or North Carolina. When he returns, Heth will get a receipt. In post script, clerk B. Millflin notes that on 17 April 1792 a warrant for $200 was paid to Ensign Younghusband to be carried to Captain Heth.
Date
07/23/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Camp Near Richmond
Document number
1792072370001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Joseph Howell
John Heth
B. Mifllin
Secretary of War
Joseph Howell
Ensign Younghusband
Accountant's Office
Ca[ptain Smith
Paymaster General
Major Joseph Howell
Notable locations
Camp Near Richmond
Virginia
North Carolina
Philadelphia
War Office
Accountant's Office
Notable items
warrants
receipts

