Receipts for Ensign Merriwether Lewis and Captain R.L. Blackburn
Document 1798Letter, encloses receipts of Ensign Merriwether Lewis and Captain R. L. Blackburn.
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Sir Richmond Sept 26. 98
Enclosed you will receive the Rect of Ensign Merewether Lewis for Two hundred dollars dated this day I am Sir
$200 = [undecipherable]
Carrington
Wm Simmons Esq
Enclosed also the Rect of Capt [undecipherable: probable reading Blackford] of Sep 21. 1798 for $615. [undecipherable]
[docket: Richmond Sept 26th 1798 / Edward. Carrington, Supr / Received Octr 3d 1798 / Answerd same day]
[address panel: postal stamp RICHMOND SEPT. 26 179-] [notation: F.E.]
William Simmons Esq
accountant to
the departt of War
Philadelphia
[notation: 15th [undecipherable] / [undecipherable]]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Letter, encloses receipts of Ensign Merriwether Lewis and Captain R. L. Blackburn.
Date
09/26/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Supervisor's Office, Richmond
Collection
Document number
1798092670001
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Simmons
Edward Carrington
Ensign Merriwether Lewis: Capt. R. L. Blackburn.
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Supervisor's Office, Richmond
Notable items
rect.