Extract of Warrants drawn by Secretary of War on treasurer of United States
Document 1797Extract of Warrants drawn by Secretary of War on treasurer of United States in favor of William Meeker, Seth Craig and Samuel Lewis.
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Extract of Warrants drawn by the Sec'y of War on the Treasurer of the United States
11th to 19th August 1797
Ent'd. & Compared June 19 1798 — [undecipherable: initials]
[Extract of Warrants drawn on the Treasurer of the Depart't of War]
Date | No. | In whose favor | Purposes | Amount
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
August 1797 | [undecipherable] | William [undecipherable: Mister?] | In part for the State of Georgia, late [undecipherable] drawn of Benjamin [undecipherable] one of the Commissioners appointed to [undecipherable] the boundary line between the Indian Nations & the [undecipherable] for which [he] is to be accountable | 857
W 272 | [undecipherable] | Jake Grace | In part for a [bill?] of exchange drawn [undecipherable] by Benjamin Hawkins [undecipherable] Agent for Indian affairs South of Ohio, being to reimburse David [undecipherable] of the War Department to be paid by him to [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] express taken from him by the Cherokee Nation, the [undecipherable] therefore to be accountable for the above sum to be accounted from the [annuity?] granted to the Chickasaw Nations | 795
9 272 | [undecipherable] | Samuel [undecipherable: Lavishe?] | to be accountable by him as [undecipherable] on account of his duty as [Paymaster?] & [undecipherable] open in the State of Tennessee, the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] | 2850
Department of War
Accountants Office
August 31, 1797
[signature]
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Extract of Warrants drawn by Secretary of War on treasurer of United States in favor of William Meeker, Seth Craig and Samuel Lewis.
Date
08/31/1797
Author
Sent from
Accountants Office
Document number
1797083121001
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Simmons
Benjamin Hawkins
William Meeker
Seth Craig
Samuel Lewis Sr.
David Henley
George Colbert
negroes
Cherokee Nation
Chickasaw nation
Edward Wright
Notable locations
Accountants Office
Philadelphia
Knoxville
Indian Nations
Ohio
Tennessee
Notable items
warrants
bill of exchanges
boundary lines
salary

