Payment of troops
Document 1799Paymaster Guion requests payment of $6000 to Abijah Hunt for pay to troops of United States at Natchez.
No human transcription currently available for this document.
This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (a mix of sonnet and opus models). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.
[Paid by Warrant
No 4231.]
[Lylee & Bleigh Hunt]
[undecipherable] Cents
3 Bills Exchange
6000 Dollars
Natchez February 26th 1799.
Exchange for }
Dollars 6000 At Ten days sight of this my third of exchange, first and second of the same tenor and date not paid, pay to Mr [undecipherable] Hunt or order, Six thousand dollars, it being for Value received of him for pay to the troops of the United States on this river and charge as per advice Sir,
Your Obedient
The Honorable
James McHenry
Secretary of War for
the United States
A Very Humble
Servant.
[undecipherable] Captain
& Pay Master
Type
Document Signed
Description
Paymaster Guion requests payment of $6000 to Abijah Hunt for pay to troops of United States at Natchez.
Date
02/26/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Natchez
Document number
1799022640101
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
Isaac Guion
Jesse and Abijah Hunt
Notable locations
Natchez
Notable items
pay
money
value received
troops

