Request for payment to Dr. Elisha Perkins for services 1797
Document 1798Edward Price submits request for payment of $120 to Dr. Elisha Perkins. In related document, Perkins acknowledges receipt.
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Exchange for 120__ dollars Fort Wilkinson 14 April 179[undecipherable]
At _________ days sight of this my first of Exchange second of same tenor and date not paid pay Dr Elesha Perkins or order One hundred and twenty
dollars _________ on account of that sum paid under orders of the Principal Temporary Agent for Indian affairs South of Ohio for the Assistants in his department for the year 1797 and for which I have his draft on one as United States factor—
Edw Price [undecipherable]
the Indian [undecipherable]
The Honble James McHenry
Secretary of the department
of War Philadelphia —
[Endorsed on verso:]
[Pay to Dr Elisha [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] Elisha Perkins]
Received May 5th 1798 of Willm Summers, Accountant a Warrant No 2745. for One hundred & twenty Dollars, being for so much paid under the orders of Benjamin Hawkins, principal temporary agent for [strikethrough: the Year 179] Indian affairs South of the Ohio, for the Assistants in his Department for the year 1797, for which sum the said Benjr Hawkins to be accountable
Drs 120..
B. Hawkins
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Edward Price submits request for payment of $120 to Dr. Elisha Perkins. In related document, Perkins acknowledges receipt.
Date
04/14/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Wilkinson
Document number
1798041440101
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
Edward Price
Benjamin Hawkins
Temporary Agent Indian Affairs South of Ohio
Dr. Elisha Perkins
US Factor
Factor Indian Trade
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Fort Wilkinson
War Department
Accountant's Office
War Office
Georgia
Oconee River, Milledgeville,
Notable items
payment
warrant
exchange

