Bills of Exchange for the Pay of the Army
Document 1797Bills of exchange in the sum of $2500 have been drawn payable to Dr. Charles Brown on account of the pay of the Army.
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Detroit 16 April 1797.
Sir
I have drawn a set of bills of exchange on you of ten days sight payable to Doctor Charles Bogren [undecipherable] for Two thousand five hundred Dollars on Account of the payt of the Army
I am Sir
your Most Obedt Sert
G Strau[undecipherable]
The Honble
James McHenry
Secy of War
[Cover leaf address: The Honorable / James McHenry / Secretary [of War] / Philadelphia]
Type
Recipient's Letterbook Copy
Description
Bills of exchange in the sum of $2500 have been drawn payable to Dr. Charles Brown on account of the pay of the Army.
Date
04/16/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Detroit
Document number
1797041640201
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
Claeb Swan
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Detroit