Receipt for Ensign Merriwether Lewis
Document 1798Letter, enclosing receipt of Ensign Merriwether Lewis.
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[Edward Carrington]
[Recd May 17. 98
ansd 8 [undecipherable]]
Sir, Richmd. — May 14. 179[undecipherable]
You will receive herewith the Rect. of Ensign Meriwether Lewis for two hundred dollars
I am very respectfully
Sir
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E Carrington
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Wm Irvines Esq
[William Irvine Esq
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[RICH MOND, Ma[undecipherable]]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, enclosing receipt of Ensign Merriwether Lewis.
Date
05/11/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Supervisor's Office, Richmond
Collection
Document number
1798051170201
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Carrington, 05/17/1798.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Edward Carrington
Ensign Merriwether Lewis.
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Supervisor's Office, Richmond
Notable items
rect.