Set of Bills Payable to Bezaleel Howe
Document 1796Swan has drawn on McHenry a set of bills payable to Bezaleel Howe on account of the pay of the Army for May, June, and July 1796.
No human transcription currently available for this document.
This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (a mix of sonnet and opus models). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.
Head Quarters Detrt November 1st 1796
SIR,
PURSUANT to your letter of the 16th August 1796 I have drawn a set of Bills on [undecipherable] of Ten days sight, No. 114 payable to Barauel Howe or order, for the Sum of Five hundred [strikethrough: dollars] Dollars on account of the pay of the Army for May, June & July, 1796.
To
The Honble
James Mc Henry
Secretary of War
I am Sir
your Hum. Servt
C. [undecipherable: Shaw]
[No. 114 B.b.b]
[The Honble James McHenry / Secretary of War / Philadelphia]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Swan has drawn on McHenry a set of bills payable to Bezaleel Howe on account of the pay of the Army for May, June, and July 1796.
Date
11/01/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Headquarters, Detroit
Document number
1796110140001
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
Caleb Swan
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Detroit