Certification of payment; John Cress, Quartermaster in Battalion of Philadelphia Militia Artillery commanded by Major Jeremiah Fisher called into service to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania

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Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Description

Certification of payment; $9.30 retained rations to John Cress, Quartermaster in Battalion of Philadelphia Militia Artillery commanded by Major Jeremiah Fisher called into service to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania.

Date

02/06/1800

Recipient

Sent from

Accountant's Office

Document number

1800020621655

Page start

148

Note

[No addressee, but presumably addressed to McHenry.]

Notable persons

James McHenry
William Simmons
Major Jeremiah Fisher
John Cress
quartermaster
accountant
Secretary of War
battalion
Philadelphia militia artillery
command

Notable locations

western counties of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Accountant's Office

Notable items

pay
insurrection
Whiskey Rebellion
retained rations