Payment to Benjamin Smith for Purchase of his lots in Smithville, Fort Johnston
Document 1800McRee requests payment of $210 to Benjamin Smith for purchase of his lots in Smithville at Fort Johnston.
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[Benj. Smiths]
[4° 3343]
[Swarthoudt Dumont]
Joseph Hertzog
Received January 25th 1800
of William Simmons account,
all amount no 4757 for
Two hundred & ten dollars
in full for the within
Bill —
jn 210. For Jos. Hertzog
Peter Hertzog
Wilmington 7 January 1800 —
At Sight of this my first of Exchange (second of same tenor & date unpaid)
I call pay to Benjamin Smith or order @Two hundred and ten dollars on account
of the purchase of Lots No 15 & 16 in Smithville the same falling within the plans of
Fort Johnston & for which I have received titles agreeably to your Instructions for the use
of [undecipherable] [undecipherable],
Your most obt,
To the Honble James McHenry }
Secretary War Department } G J McRee
Type
Document Signed
Description
McRee requests payment of $210 to Benjamin Smith for purchase of his lots in Smithville at Fort Johnston.
Date
01/08/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Wilmington
Document number
1800010840001
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
Griffith James McRee
Benjamin Smith
Joseph Hertzog
William Simmons
Peter Hertzog
Notable locations
Wilmington
Smithville
Fort Johnston
Notable items
bill of exchange
purchase
lots
warrant