Receipt of Brigadier General Wilkinson for pay, subsistence, forage of United States Troops
Document 1797Received of Brigadier General James Wilkinson the sum of $30,000 for pay, subsistence and forage of troops of United States.
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Head Quarters Dt Etroit July 1. 1797.
Received of Brigr Genl James Wilkinson the sum of Thirty thousand dollars on account of the pay, Subsistence and forage of the troops of the United States for January, February, & March 1797, for which I am accountable to the accountant of the department of War, having signed duplicates hereof.
C Swan
30,000. Dollars
[Caleb Swan Rect to Brig. Js Wilkinson for D. 30,000]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Received of Brigadier General James Wilkinson the sum of $30,000 for pay, subsistence and forage of troops of United States.
Date
07/01/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Detroit
Document number
1797070115101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Brigadier General James Wilkinson
Caleb Swan
troops
accountant
paymaster
Notable locations
Detroit
Headquarters
Notable items
pay
subsistence
forage