Pay of the Men on the Upper Parts of the Ohio
Document 1795Fisher leaves this morning with $3,630, being the pay of the troops on the upper parts of the Ohio for the last quarter of 1794. Mr. Fisher will deliver the money to Colonel Butler who will give it to Craig who should provide signed receipts.
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[Docket: Jany 7. 1795 / Maj. Isaac Craig / (Pittsburg)]
[Administrative notation: a [undecipherable] / [undecipherable] [undecipherable] d / John [undecipherable] 1795 / [Accountants?] Office]
War Dept [Accts?] [Office?]
[Jany?] [7?], 1795
Sir,
[Sam.?] Fisher leaves here this to morrow morning & he has in charge [for?] three thousand, six hundred & thirty dollars which he is instructed — being for the Pay & Forage — [he?] [is?] at the upper posts of the Ohio for the months of Octo. Nov & Decd 1794. Agreeably to the inclosed Schedule. [strikethrough: [undecipherable]] [undecipherable] being the amount of an Estimate form'd on the [undecipherable] Return of [the?] [undecipherable]. [Col.?] [undecipherable] is instructed to [undecipherable] deliver this money to [the?] Col. Butler [who] [will?] hand it in [that?] case to you — and for which you will please to [keep?] [duplicate?] [receipts?] to be accounted for the disbursement thereof —
(I am with respect
[Y]r [H]owell
Maj. Isaac Craig —
(Pittsburg)
[Enclosure cover: Schedule of Notes / transmitted to Maj. / Isaac Craig at / Pittsburgh]
Schedule of Notes [transmitted to?] [undecipherable] Maj. Isaac Craig [at?] [undecipherable] Pittsburgh, by the Hands of Samuel Fisher for this [undecipherable]th day of January 1795; being [for?] the Pay & Forage of the Troops at Fort Fayette & its [Dependancies?] for October, November & December 1794.
1 Bundle A contg 600 nots of 3 drs each . . . Drs 1800
. . . . . . . . . . 3 [?] 10 ds [each?] 30
1 Bundle B . . . . 600 [?] 3 ds [each?] . . . . . . 1800
Drs 3630
Department of War
Accounts Office
January 7. 1795.
Joseph [Howell?] Acc[ountant?]
Type
Autograph Draft Document Signed
Description
Fisher leaves this morning with $3,630, being the pay of the troops on the upper parts of the Ohio for the last quarter of 1794. Mr. Fisher will deliver the money to Colonel Butler who will give it to Craig who should provide signed receipts.
Date
01/07/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1795010721001
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Enclosure: Schedule of Notes transmitted to Major Craig.
Cited in Craig to Howell, 01/21/1795.
Notable persons
Isaac Craig
Joseph Howell
Samuel Fisher
troops
Colonel Butler
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
War Department
upper parts of the Ohio
Ohio River
Notable items
pay
forage
return of the troops
duplicate receipts
disbursement

