Enclosed Accounts of the Expenses of the Indians Conducted by Col. J McRee
Document 1797Hillis encloses receipt of expenses of Indians conducted by Colonel John McRee.
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Carried Forward 190 85
Continued
[Date] N° Purposes Amt D[ollars] c[ents]
[undecipherable] Amount Bro[ught] Forward 190 85
Jan[uary] 20 26 Thomas King for my Expences 4 55
" 21 27 John Henderson Ditto — Ditto — 75
22 28 James [undecipherable] Ditto — Ditto 1 48
" 23 29 Joseph [undecipherable] Ditto — Ditto 3 43
[2]4 30 John [undecipherable] Ditto — Ditto 3 75
" 31 [undecipherable] Ditto — Ditto 1 —
" 24 32 Mary [undecipherable] Ditto — Ditto — 67
" 25 33 J [undecipherable] Ditto — Ditto 2 —
" 30 34 Wm McCormick Ditto — Ditto 1 45
Jul[y] 2 35 James Ore Ditto — Ditto — 95
Dollars 210 89
[Docket notation, written sideways:] John McKee / Account Current / Balance due the United States / D[ollars] " 734.88
Dr John McKee in Account Current to
1796
Oct 22 For this Sum advanced him by the Agent for the Department of War for to defray the expences of himself Seven Chickasaws & their Interpreter to Philadelphia ....................... 500 —
Dec 1 " Warrant N° 1660 drawn by the Secretary of War being on account of his Salary as Deputy Agent to the Cherokees ............. 60 —
" 20 " Ditto N° 1721 ditto on Account of the Expences of the Indians now in Philadelphia ..... 135 —
" " " Ditto N° 1722 on Account of the expences of the Chickasaws from Philada to Knoxville ... [undecipherable: probable reading: 740] —
" 27 " Ditto N° 1745 on Account ............ 200 —
1797
Jul[y] 18 For this sum advanced him by the Agent for the Department of War on acct of his Salary 300 —
" a Horse which he sold agreeably to his Statement 100 —
" This sum he says he Received of McPhee .... 37 —
Dollars 2072 —
So) Balance due the United States as pr Office 734 88
Knoxville July 15th 1797
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Hillis encloses receipt of expenses of Indians conducted by Colonel John McRee.
Date
07/17/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Knoxville
Document number
1797071770001
Page start
1
Note
Encloses receipts.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Stephen Hillis
Indians
Colonel John McRee
Notable locations
Department of War
Knoxville
Notable items
receipts

