Request to Reimburse Presley Nevill; Receipt Acknowledged
Document 1793Exchange for $100, pay to Colonel Presley Nevill. Nevill acknowledges receipt of payment.
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[Docket: Letter from Maj. Craig — dated — January 1793 / Rec'd 23 — fr / [undecipherable]]
[Received from State Dep't Nov. 24, 1904. R.P.O. 401310]
Pittburg 7th Jany 1793
Dr Sir
I have herewith Enclosed Micheal Steems Receipt for Payment of Carriage of Genl St Clair Baggage & Store to this Place, this Ought Certainly to have been made A Public Acct— as Genl Wayne I Suppose has— however if this cannot be done Please to Let Mr Henon or any other of your Clarks Call on Genl St Clair for Reimbursement of the Money I have Paid on his Acct—
In Order to Enable Colt Nevill to Purchase Some Necessary Articles for my Barrack I have taken the Liberty of Drawing on you in his favour, for four Hundred Dollars & am in hopes it will not be Inconvenient for you to. By that [undecipherable], you will by this time perhaps have had your Letter to [undecipherable]—
I have been in some hopes of seeing you in Philadelphia in the Course of the Winter after the Troops & Store are fixed for the Winter At Legion Ville. At Present I have not A Moment to [undecipherable: probable reading — spare] from day Light Every Morning 'till Eight O'clock At Night— I have A great deal to say to you but have not time at Present, I begin to think I have Enemies some where, God Knows my Place is not much to be Envyed my Duty, my Responsibility & my Pay all Considered— I Shall write you by next Post— I am Dear Sir
your Obedient
Wm [undecipherable] Isaac Craig
Samt Hodgdon Esqr
[Enclosure — Bill of Exchange]
Exchange for 400 Dollars Pittburg 7 Jany 1793—
At Eight days Sight be Pleased to Pay Unto Colt Presley Nevills four Hundred Dollars & Charge the Same with or without Advice to Acct of
Sir
your Most Obedient Servant
— Isaac Craig
Samuel Hodgdon Esqr
to G. M. Store
Philadelphia.
[Endorsed:] Philadelphia 20 Jany 1793 Received payment in full—
400 Dollrs Presley Nevills
entered
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Exchange for $100, pay to Colonel Presley Nevill. Nevill acknowledges receipt of payment.
Date
01/07/1793
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburg
Document number
1793010780201
Page start
6
Note
This is a bill of exchange sent along with the letter of ZMD16.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Isaac Craig
Presley Nevill
Commissary General Military Stores
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
War Department
War Office
Commissary General Military Stores
Notable items
payment

