Requests Money for James William Park for Cherokee Boundary Line, per Treaty of Tellico
Document 1799Requests payment for James and William Park as money appropriated to pay the commissioner of running the Cherokee boundary line based on the Treaty of Tellico.
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⇣Knoxville 20 August 1799
Sir -
I have drawn on you this day in favor of James & William Park on their order payable after ten days sight for one thousand dollars, which money has been appropriated to the paying the Commissioner for running the Cherokee boundary line, as stipulated by the Commissioners of the treaty at Tellico in 1798, and having passed the amount to the credit of the Treasurer request your honoring the same.
I am respectfully Your Huml Servt
David Henley
Agt War
The honorable James McHenry
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Requests payment for James and William Park as money appropriated to pay the commissioner of running the Cherokee boundary line based on the Treaty of Tellico.
Date
08/20/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Knoxville
Collection
Document number
1799082040101
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
David Henley
James Park
William Park
Cherokees
Treasurer
commissioner
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Knoxville
Tellico
Tennessee
Notable items
Cherokee boundary line
Treaty at Tellico
credit

