Money Forwarded, Request for Instructions
Document 1794Notification that packet containing money for the pay of troops in the lower part of the Ohio has been forwarded in the charge of Daniel Bissel on board a keel boat. Submission for reimbursement by R. Sparks for his work traveling express. Craig requested instructions on the disagreeable task of handling reimbursement of this type and militia reimbursements.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Notification that packet containing money for the pay of troops in the lower part of the Ohio has been forwarded in the charge of Daniel Bissel on board a keel boat. Submission for reimbursement by R. Sparks for his work traveling express. Craig requested instructions on the disagreeable task of handling reimbursement of this type and militia reimbursements.
Date
12/19/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1794121954001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Knox to Craig, 12/27/1794.
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Isaac Craig
Samuel Fisher
Colonel Sproat
Joseph Howell
army
Lieutenant Daniel Bissel
escort
non-commissioned officers
ensign
private
General Anthony Wayne
Reynolds
Captain Lyman
detachment
Captain Richard Sparks
Governor Lee
Henry Lee
express
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
War Department
Department of War
lower posts of the Ohio
Ohio River
Head Quarters
Bedford
Notable items
packet
money
dollars
letters
keel boat
dispatches
instructions
pay
compensation
militia accounts
settlement of compensation