Receipt of payment for delivery of dispatches by riding express
Document 1798Receipt of payment to Sturgis for delivery of dispatches by riding express from Shippensburg to Pittsburg to Philadelphia and back to Shippensburg per agreement with William Rippey of Shippensburg. Brigadier General Wilkinson notes that dispatches came from Secretary of War and returned with the general's answer.
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Document Signed
Description
Receipt of payment to Sturgis for delivery of dispatches by riding express from Shippensburg to Pittsburg to Philadelphia and back to Shippensburg per agreement with William Rippey of Shippensburg. Brigadier General Wilkinson notes that dispatches came from Secretary of War and returned with the general's answer.
Date
04/19/1798
Document number
1798040990101
Page start
4
Note
Enclosed in Sturgis to Hodgdon, 04/17/1798.
Notable persons
James Wilkinson
William Rippey
Notable locations
Shippensburg
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania