Receipt for Mary Murphy
Document 1799Payment in full for room and board of Whitner Knaggs and five Indian Chiefs.
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[Cha. as No 3. FF 101]
[Mary Murphy
Moneys for
Boarding &c for
Indian Chiefs & an
Interpreter
No 82 Two Dollars
April 29th 1799.
See letter 257]
U. States
To Mary Murphy — Dr
For Boarding & Lodging of Whitner Knaggs
Interpreter and five Indian Chiefs together
with hay & Oats &c for Eight Horses from
the 11th to the 17th Inclusive of Jany 1799 — viz
Jany 11th To half pint Brandy —— 2" 6
" ditto do —— 2" 6
" ditto Spirits —— 2" 6
" 6 Dinners @ 3/. & 6 Lodgings @/9—f" 2" 6
" 8 Horses to hay @ 2/6 —— 1" 0" 0
" 5 Gallons Oats @ 1/ —— 5 —
12th. 1/2 pint Gin —— 1 10½
" 6 Breakfasts — @ 2/6 —— 15" 0
" 1/2 pint Brandy —— 2 6
" 6 Dinners @ 3/. & 6 Suppers @ 2/6 — 1" 13.. —
" 6 Lodging — @ /9 —— 4" 6
" pint Brandy —— 5" 0
" 8 Horses to hay @ 2/6 —— 1" —
" 15 Gallons Oats @ 1/ —— 15.. 0
13th. Glass Brandy Bitters —— 7½
" 6 Breakfasts @ 2/6 & 6 Dinners @3/ — 1" 13" 0
" 6 Suppers @ 2/6 & 6 Lodging @/9 — — 19" 6
" 8 Horses to hay @ 2/6 —— 1" 0" 0
" 15 Gallons Oats @ 1/ —— 15" 0
14th. Glass Brandy Bitters —— 7½
" 6 Breakfasts @ 2/6 & 6 Dinners @3/ — 1" 13" 0
" 6 Suppers @ 2/6 & 6 Lodging @/9 — — 19" 6
" 8 Horses to hay @ 2/6 —— 1" 0" 0
" 15 Gallons Oats @ 1/ —— 15" 0
Amt Carried forward £16" 8" 1½
Amt Brought forward —— £16" 8" 1½
15th To half pint Brandy @ 2/6 —— 3" 1½
" 1/2 pint Whiskey
" Cash paid the Sadler —— 5" 9
" 6 Breakfasts @ 2/6 & 6 Dinners @3/ — 1" 13" 0
" 6 Suppers @ 2/6 & 6 Lodging @/9 —— 19" 6
" 8 Horses to hay @ 2/6 —— 1" 0" 0
" 15 Gallons Oats @ 1/ —— 15" 0
16th To this New @ 11/8 & pt Whiskey —— 2" 3½
" 1½ half pint Brandy @ 2/6 —— 3" 1½
" 6 Breakfasts @ 2/6 & 6 Dinners @3/ — 1" 13" 0
" 6 Suppers @ 2/6 & 6 Lodging @/9 —— 19" 6
" 8 Horses to hay @ 2/6 —— 1" 0" 0
" 15 Gallons Oats @ 1/ —— 15" 0
17th 1/2 pint Gin —— 1" 10½
" 6 Breakfasts — @ 2/6 —— 15" 0
" [undecipherable] Oats &c —— 7" 6
" Cash paid the Wash Woman —— 6" 0
—— £29" 6" 0¼
I certify that my self and five Indian Chiefs on our Return
from Philadelphia were detained at Pittsburg by the River's being
impassable from the 11th to the 17th January incl and during that
time Boarded & Lodged as above Stated at Mrs Mary Murphys
and that the above Account amounting to [undecipherable] Dollars
Pittsburg January 17th 1799 [undecipherable: probable reading Whitner Knaggs]
Pittsburg April 29th 1799 of John Wilkins
junior [undecipherable] by Sam Craig Deputy Qr Mr General
Seventy two Dollars Eighty [undecipherable] Cents in full for the
above account & duplicate
No 82 Two Dollars [undecipherable: probable reading Eighty Cents]
Mary Murphy x Mark
Type
Document Signed
Description
Payment in full for room and board of Whitner Knaggs and five Indian Chiefs.
Date
01/17/1799
Author
Recipient
Document number
1799011790101
Page start
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Notable persons
Mary Murphy
Whitner Knaggs
interpreter
Indians
chiefs
John Wilkins
Issac Craig
wash woman
Quartermaster General
Deputy Quartermaster General
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Notable items
boarding
lodging
hay
horses
brandy
spirits
oats
gin
breakfast
dinner
brandy bitters
suppers
whiskey
cash
impassible river

