Cost of Public Dispatches
Document 1797McHenry approved the current mode of transport of public dispatches. Cost relative to horse maintenance and transport related in detail.
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Type
Author's Letterbook Copy, in hand of author
Description
McHenry approved the current mode of transport of public dispatches. Cost relative to horse maintenance and transport related in detail.
Date
05/29/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Collection
Document number
1797052940101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Colonel Stephen Rochefontaine
James McHenry
Secretary of War
postmaster
soldier
garrison
postman
commanding officer
Notable locations
War Office
West Point
Peekskill
New York
Notable items
letters
conveyance
compensation
ferriage
public dispatches
money
public money