Abstract of Warrants drawn to be transmitted to David Henley
Document 1797Extract of Warrants drawn by the Secretary of War on the Treasurer of United States to be transmitted to David Henley, agent for War Department. Payments for Indian Agent expenses, interpreters.
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[Abstract of Warrants drawn & to be transmitted to David Henley]
Extract of Warrants drawn by the Secretary of War on the Treasurer of the United States
Date | In whose favor | Purposes | Amount Dollars
App[ril] [undecipherable] 1796 | Edward Carrington fo[r] | for reimbursing himself for the amount of the accounts of [undecipherable] Gilman, for the [undecipherable] expenses from [undecipherable] to Knoxville [undecipherable] — for which sum he is to be accountable | 1000—
[undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] allowance [undecipherable] [undecipherable] for the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] Carrington [undecipherable] accountable [undecipherable] | 2,800
[undecipherable] | John [undecipherable] State | [undecipherable] | 600
[undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | 100—
[undecipherable] | Capt. John [Chisholm?] | [undecipherable] | 100—
[undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | 200
[undecipherable] | Capt. John [Chisholm?] | [undecipherable] | 100—
[undecipherable] | Capt. John [Chisholm?] | [undecipherable] | 100—
[undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | 180—
[undecipherable] | Cap[t]. John [Chisholm?] | [undecipherable] for the expenses [undecipherable] from Philadelphia [undecipherable] to [undecipherable] accountable [undecipherable] | 275
[undecipherable] | James Carey | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] | Cap[t]. John [Chisholm?] | [undecipherable] | 32
[undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | 33
[undecipherable] | James [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] | Cap[t]. John [Chisholm?] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable] | [undecipherable]
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Extract continued
Date | In whose favor | Purposes | Amount Dollars
1797 Jan. 9 [undecipherable] | John Rogers | on account of defraying the expenses of eleven Indians & himself from Philadelphia to Knoxville for which sum he is to be accountable to David Henley, Agent for the War Department at Knoxville | 500—
1 1796 | James Carey, Interpreter | on account of defraying the Expences of the Cherokee Indians from Philadelphia to Knoxville for which sum the above James Carey is to be accountable to David Henley, Agent for the War Department at Knoxville | 1000—
[1797] | John [Atchlyn?], Interpreter | on account of the expenses of the Cherokees from Philadelphia to Knoxville for which sum the above John [Atchlyn?] is to be accountable to David Henley, Agent for the War Department at Knoxville | 400—
Type
Extract
Description
Extract of Warrants drawn by the Secretary of War on the Treasurer of United States to be transmitted to David Henley, agent for War Department. Payments for Indian Agent expenses, interpreters.
Date
1797
Author
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1797010790101
Page start
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Notable persons
Colonel John McKee
Edward Carrington, Superintendent of Virgina
Captain John Wade
Captain John Chisholm
James Carey
Colonel John Watt, a Cherokee
Malcolm McGee
John Pitchlin Interpreter to the Choctaws
Choctaws
Major George Colbert a Chief of the Chickasaw Nation
John Walker a Cherokee
John Rogers
Governor Brook
Governor Robert Brooke
Chickasaws
Colonel David Henley
Jackquilin Ambler
Cherokee Nation
Opia Mingo a Chickasaw Chief
Notable locations
Richmond
Knoxville
New York
Philadelphia
Notable items
goods
transporting
account
compensation
expenses
certificate

