Resolution of Charges for Postage

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Type

Autograph Draft Document

Description

Swan requests pay for himself and his secretaries. He explains the procedure for handling charges for postage from officers which are to be paid by the agent for the war department in New York.

Date

10/14/1799

Recipient

Sent from

Trenton

Document number

1799101437000

Notable persons

Caleb Swan
Alexander Hamilton
Secretary of War [McHenry]
Postmaster of New York
Ebenezer Stevens, Agent of the War Department
postage
penny-post

Notable locations

Trenton

Notable items

account of pay &c due to myself, my secretary and assistant secretary
Train of Adjustment
sanction of the Secretary of War