Receipt of payment from Joseph Howell
Document 1794Presley Nevill, paymaster to the militia army, received from Joseph Howell, accountant at the War Department, by hands of Thomas Fisher, $50,000 in bank notes - issued by the Bank of the United States - to pay the militia in western Pennsylvania. The militia is combating the Whiskey rebels.
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Pittsburg Nov. 20th 1794
Recd of Joseph Howell Esquire Accountant in the Warr Department of the United States, by the hands of Thos Fisher Fifty Thousand Dollars in current Bank Notes of ye Bank of ye United States in seven Bundles marked A.B.C.D.E. F.G. forwarded to pay the Militia Army in the Western Country of Pennsylvania— Having sign'd Duplicates Presley Nevill Paymaster
Py Militia Army
A. 700 of 10 Dollars 7,000
B. [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
C. 1200 " 5 " " [undecipherable]
D. 1000 " 20 " 20,000
E. 1000 " 5 " 5,000
F. {500 " 5 " [undecipherable] 3,000
{ 50 " 10 " [undecipherable]
G. 300 " 20 " 6,000
Dollars 50,000
[Presley Nevill
Pittsburg [undecipherable] Nov. 1794
1 att[undecipherable] 5[undecipherable]M[undecipherable]]
[Received from State Dep[artment] Nov [undecipherable] [undecipherable] 4019[undecipherable]]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Presley Nevill, paymaster to the militia army, received from Joseph Howell, accountant at the War Department, by hands of Thomas Fisher, $50,000 in bank notes - issued by the Bank of the United States - to pay the militia in western Pennsylvania. The militia is combating the Whiskey rebels.
Date
11/23/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburg
Document number
1794112370001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Joseph Howell
Presley Nevill
paymaster
militia
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
Notable items
banknotes
bank notes
Bank of the United States
paper money

