Payment of Troops
Document 1796Notification of receipt of blank rolls and letter from S. Lewis containing money for pay, forage, and subsistence. Craig noted that the money arrived in large bills making it difficult to pay troops and requested smaller bills in the future.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Notification of receipt of blank rolls and letter from S. Lewis containing money for pay, forage, and subsistence. Craig noted that the money arrived in large bills making it difficult to pay troops and requested smaller bills in the future.
Date
07/01/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1796070179001
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Simmons
Isaac Craig
Samuel Lewis
Samuel Lewis Senior
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
upper posts of the Ohio
Ohio River
Notable items
blank rolls
packets
pay
subsistence
forage
payments
notes
small notes
specie