[PRIVATE] Drawing Pay and Outfitting Soldiers

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Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Description

Unanticipated travel expenses necessitated spending more that the 2 months pay drawn prior to Washington's departure from Philadelphia. Regulations on uniforms not mandated.

Date

01/06/1799

Recipient

Sent from

Mount Vernon

Document number

1799010640001

Page start

1

Note

Cited in McHenry to Simmons, 01/10/1799, and McHenry to Washington, 01/10/1798.

Notable persons

James McHenry
George Washington
officers
soldiers

Notable locations

Mount Vernon
Philadelphia

Notable items

uniforms
pay
allowance
feathers