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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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