Money for troops

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Type

Printed Document

Description

The War Department Accountant requests that Secretary Hamilton place $36,450 in the hands of the Treasurer for the pay and subsistence of troops under the command of General Anthony Wayne; a further sum of $2,500 for the troops at Fort Pitt; and finally, a sum of $60,000 for the Kentucky Volunteers.

Date

08/19/1794

Sent from

War Department

Collection

Document number

1794081921000

Note

LC, RG 93, Letter Book, 1794, National Archives

Notable persons

Alexander Hamilton
Joseph Howell
Henry Knox
Treasurer
troops
Anthony Wayne
volunteers

Notable locations

War Department
Fort Pitt
Kentucky

Notable items

dollars
sum
pay
subsistence