Expenses for riding express
Document 1798Receipt of payment of $80 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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Receipt of payment of $80 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
04/17/1798
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1798041780001
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Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
William Sturgis
William Rippey
General Wilkinson
William Sturgeon
Minister of War
Notable locations
Shippensburg
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Notable items
riding
express
horse
expenses
public dispatches
agreement
receipts