U.S. Treasury issues warrant to Secretary at War for payment of Israel Chapin
Document 1792Fiscal, Secretary of Treasury issues warrant for the payment of Israel Chapin for incidental expenses incurred in the Indian department.
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[Copy of the Treasury
and
Novr 26 & 29. 1792]
[To credite expences of Indian Department]
[Act] To Samuel Meredith Treasurer of the United States
Pay to Samuel Mellish Attorney to Israel Chapin Temporary
deputy agent to the Indians of the Five Nations out of the monies
appropriated for the Department of War the [undecipherable] eight hundred and
ninety five dollars and 50 Cents being for —
1000 [undecipherable] delivered piece meal at $— 75/100 52. 50
96 [undecipherable] items delivered in like manner at 3 30 —
2 barrels Whiskey say to [undecipherable] 60
142. 50
[To] pay the School master and two Smiths to 1st January[?] 220
[To] buy Iron [&] Steel 250
250
For to make an equitable Settlement of [certain] accounts
rejected at the Treasury for want of vouchers as per
certificate from the Auditors Office Novr 29 1792 500
802 — 50
for which said Israel Chapin is to be held accountable for which
payment this shall be your warrant.
Given under my hand and the seal of the
892 [undecipherable] dol. 50 [cents] War Office of the United States this 29th day
No 400 By whom the of November 1792
War office:
[undecipherable] Henry Knox
Secy of War
Countersigned by
Joseph Howell, Accountant
[undecipherable] Treasurer of the United States [undecipherable]
Pay to Samuel Mellish [undecipherable] attorney for Israel Chapin [undecipherable]
Agent to the five Nations of Indians or order Twenty seven [hundred] and
Thirty three cents being a balance due to said Chapin on account of
Sundry Supplies furnished and expences incurred by him for the said
Five Nations of Indians from the 3 of July 1792 To the 3. October
following, agreeably to a Certificate of the Comptroller of the Treasury
of this date recorded by the Register. Copy whereof is filed in my
Office. For [undecipherable] cents This shall be your warrant.
Given under my hand and the Seal of the
Treasury this twentieth day of Novr
in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and ninety two and of [Independence]
the Seventeenth.
Alexander Hamilton
Secy of the Treasury
Countersigned
Oliver Wolcott
Comptr
Type
Copy of document
Description
Fiscal, Secretary of Treasury issues warrant for the payment of Israel Chapin for incidental expenses incurred in the Indian department.
Date
11/26/1792
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1792112690101
Page start
2
Note
Countersigned by Oliver Wolcott, Comptroller.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
Oliver Wolcott
Samuel Meredith
Samuel Mellish
Israel Chapin
Indian Department
Secretary of Treasury
Secretary of War
comptroller of treasury
Five Nations of Indians
Notable locations
New York
Notable items
incidental expenses
attorney
Treasurer of the United States
agent to the Five Nations of Indians
dollars
cents
balance due to said Chapin on account of sundry supplies furnished and expenses incurred
certificate of the comptroller of the treasury
recorded by the register
filed in my office
warrant
given under my hand and the seal of the Treasury
year of our lord
independence
countersign
register

