Caleb Swan reports to McHenry that he has drawn up duplicate set of bills of exchange
Document 1798Caleb Swan reports to McHenry that he has drawn up duplicate set of bills of exchange in favor of Abijah & [illegible] for $500 at Cincinnati for pay of Army 1798
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Cincinnati October 8. 1798
SIR,
IN pursuance of the authority of your letter of the 6th day of April — 1798 I have drawn a [strikethrough: duplicate sett of] bills of exchange on you, No. 312 dated at Cincinnati the 8th day of October 1798 at [undecipherable] days sight, in favor of [undecipherable: Miah?] [undecipherable] the sum of
Five Hundred Dollars,
on account of the pay of [undecipherable] for 1798—
[undecipherable]
I have the honor to be
Sir, your Obt. Humble Servant
[C. Swan]
The Hon. Sec. of War
United States.
[Docketed: Caleb Swan / Octr 8. 1798]
[Address: The Honorable / [undecipherable] / Secretary of [War?] / Philadelphia / [undecipherable]]
[Endorsed: presented 15 Nov 1798]
Type
Typed letter
Description
Caleb Swan reports to McHenry that he has drawn up duplicate set of bills of exchange in favor of Abijah & [illegible] for $500 at Cincinnati for pay of Army 1798
Date
10/08/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Cincinnati
Document number
1798100840101
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
Caleb Swan
Abijah & [illegible]
Notable locations
Philadelphia or Trenton
Cincinnati