Requests Payment for Thomas Humes to Pay Army under Lieutenant Colonel Butler
Document 1799Requests payment to Thomas Humes to pay army in Tennessee under Lieutenant Colonel Butler.
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Knoxville October 24th 1799
Sir
I have drawn on you this day in favor of Thomas Hunts or order, Payable after ten days sight for five hundred Dollars, which money is to be appropri=ated to Paying the Army under Lt Colonel Butler in Tennessee— October, November & December, And having pras'd his Bill to the order of the Treasurer— Request due Honor to the Draft.
I am very Respectfully
Most Humble Servt
David Henley
Agent of War
The Honorable
James McHenry
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Type
Letterbook
Description
Requests payment to Thomas Humes to pay army in Tennessee under Lieutenant Colonel Butler.
Date
10/21/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Knoxville
Collection
Document number
1799102140301
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
David Henley
Thomas Humes
Col. Butler
Army
Treasurer
agent of war
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Knoxville
Tennessee
Notable items
drafts
credit
bill