Enclosed Receipts for Bounty Money
Document 1798Shoemaker encloses receipts for bounty paid to three men and a receipt for other money paid a fourth.
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[Address]: William Simmons Esq.
Accomptant at the
[underline: Philadelphia]
[underline: mail]
[Endorsements, lower right, partially legible: [undecipherable] money / paid to [undecipherable] / Lt [undecipherable] US Reg / rec'd [undecipherable] / [undecipherable]]
[Notation, left margin, rotated:] fred'k Town 22 from
Frederick Town 22d August 1798
Sir
Inclosed is three Receipts for bounty money Paid to Edward McCafferty & James Maxwell and Edward Green, the 15 Instant. I forward Ensign Wilsons Receipt for seventy five Dollars. he Received from me
I am Sir your most
obedient Humble Servant
Peter Shoemaker
Lieut 2d Us Regt
[Address]: William Simmons Esqr
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Shoemaker encloses receipts for bounty paid to three men and a receipt for other money paid a fourth.
Date
08/22/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Frederick Town
Document number
1798082270201
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Simmons to Shoemaker, 08/22/1798.
Notable persons
William Simmons
Peter Shoemaker
Edward McCafferty
James Maxwell
Edward Green
Ensign Wilson
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Frederick Town
Notable items
receipts
bounty