General Washington's Expenses
Document 1799A letter from Lt. General George Washington indicates that his expenses exceed the pay and emoluments provided for his recent journey from Mt. Vernon to Philadelphia and returning. It will therefore be necessary to reimburse those expenses and transmit them to the General in in the next day's post.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
A letter from Lt. General George Washington indicates that his expenses exceed the pay and emoluments provided for his recent journey from Mt. Vernon to Philadelphia and returning. It will therefore be necessary to reimburse those expenses and transmit them to the General in in the next day's post.
Date
01/10/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Document number
1799011000001
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Simmons
James McHenry
Lieutenant General George Washington
Secretary of War
accountant
Samuel Lewis
clerk
Notable locations
Mt. Vernon
Virginia
Philadelphia
War Department
Notable items
expenses
pay
emoluments
journey
reimbursement
subsistence
forage
incidental
receipt