Request for Explanation of Bills Drawn, and Order to Cease Drawing Them (2)
Document 1798McHenry mentions that the War Dept. is simplifying accounts. Thus Caleb 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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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
McHenry mentions that the War Dept. is simplifying accounts. Thus Caleb 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
11/27/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1798112700001
Page start
1
Note
Duplicate, dated Nov. 27, of letter written Nov. 26 (latter found as Doc 1798112600001).
Notable persons
Captain Isaac Guion
James McHenry
troops
Secretary of War
Caleb Swan
Notable locations
Mississippi River
War Department
Notable items
accounts
pay
bills
drafts
expenditures
appropriations