Request for Explanation of Bills Drawn, and Order to Cease Drawing Them
Document 1798McHenry mentions that the War Dpt. is simplifying accounts. Thus a Lt. Swan is being assigned to the payment of all troops on the Mississippi; Guion is to provide a full account of bills drawn, together with their purposes, and desist making any more drafts upon the War Department.
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Letter Signed
Description
McHenry mentions that the War Dpt. is simplifying accounts. Thus a Lt. Swan is being assigned to the payment of all troops on the Mississippi; Guion is to provide a full account of bills drawn, together with their purposes, and desist making any more drafts upon the War Department.
Date
11/26/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1798112600001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Isaac Guion
James McHenry
Notable locations
War Department
Notable items
accountant
drafts
vouchers
expenditures