Set of Bills Payable to Martin Baum
Document 1796A set of bills has been drawn on McHenry payable to Martin Baum on account of the pay of the Army for two months.
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[Left margin, rotated:] [undecipherable] 174 [undecipherable] No 2 Sep 1 [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
No B. 21
The hon[orable] the Sec[retary] [undecipherable] McHenry
[undecipherable] Philadelphia
Fort Washington May 20 1796
SIR,
PURSUANT to your letter of 23 April 96 I have drawn a set of Bills on you at ten days sight, No. 21 payable to Martin Bacon or Order, for the Sum of five hundred Dollars in account of the pay of the Army for two months
To The
Hon[ble] James McHenry I am Sir,
Sec[retary] of war Your Most ob[edien]t
C. Swan
Type
Document Signed
Description
A set of bills has been drawn on McHenry payable to Martin Baum on account of the pay of the Army for two months.
Date
05/20/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Washington
Document number
1796052040101
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
Caleb Swan
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Fort Washington