Expenses Related to the Indians
Document 1799McHenry instructs Governor Sargent on how to account for expenses related to gifts and supplies to the neighboring Indians. Accordingly, all bills, receipts, and vouchers should be submitted to the Accountant of the War Department.
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Type
Extract of Letter
Description
McHenry instructs Governor Sargent on how to account for expenses related to gifts and supplies to the neighboring Indians. Accordingly, all bills, receipts, and vouchers should be submitted to the Accountant of the War Department.
Date
05/20/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1799052000000
Notable persons
Winthrop Sargent, Governor of the Mississippi Territory
James McHenry: Indians nearest the settlement
Major General Hamilton
commandants on the Mississippi
Notable locations
War Department
accountant of the Department of War [Simmons]
Notable items
their affairs and grievances
expense you may incur
provisions
pay of an interpreter
trifling presents to any of them
regular account of all such expenditures
bills, receipts, and vouchers
number of rations
quantity of provisions
requisitions