Duplicate set of bills in favor of Prather and Smiley
Document 1798Duplicate set of bills in favor of Prather and Smiley dated at Cincinnati for $3000 on account of pay of Army for 1798.
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Cincinnati Sept 21. 1798
SIR,
I N pursuance of the authority of your letter of the 6th day of April 1798 I have drawn a duplicate sett of bills of exchange on you, No. 291 dated at Cincinnati the 21. day of September 1798 at ten days sight, in favor of Prather & Smiley or order for the sum of Three Thousand Dollars, on account of the pay of the army for 1798.
I have the honor to be
Sir, your Obt. Humble Servant.
[signature: C. [undecipherable]]
The Hon. Sec. of War
United States.
[address panel: The Honorable James McHenry Secretary of War Philadelphia or Trenton]
[docket notations partially legible: No 291; additional marginalia undecipherable]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Duplicate set of bills in favor of Prather and Smiley dated at Cincinnati for $3000 on account of pay of Army for 1798.
Date
09/21/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Cincinnati
Document number
1798092115001
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
Caleb Swan
Secretary of War
Prather and Smiley
Notable locations
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Ohio
Trenton
Cincinnati
Notable items
duplicate
bills
pay of army