Requests Payment for Samuel Chew Hall to Pay Troops under Lieutenant Colonel Butler
Document 1800Henley requests payment of $2000 to Samuel Chew Hall for paying the regular troops under Lieutenant Colonel Butler.
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[underline: James Hall]
Washington [undecipherable]
Pay [undecipherable] Simpson
[undecipherable] or order
J Swan
Received April 3rd 1800 of
William Simmons Accountant
a warrant No 4991 for
two thousand Dollars in
full for the within Bill
Drawn — for Geo Simpson
[undecipherable: probable reading Tho Lichly Jr.]
Exchange for 2000 $
Knoxville T[undecipherable: probable reading Tenn.] 26 Febry 1800
Sir
After ten days sight of this my first
Bill of Exchange second of like tenor and date
unpaid pay Samuel Chew Hall or order —
two thousand dollars it being for value received
of him in specie, and is to be appropriated to the
paying the Regular troops under [undecipherable] Colonel
Butler in Tennessee January February & March
for which sum I hold myself accountable as per advice
of the same I am Sir
To the honorable Your Hum. Servant
James [undecipherable: probable reading McHenry] David Henley
24th March 1800 [undecipherable]
Secretary War
Philadelphia
Type
Document Signed
Description
Henley requests payment of $2000 to Samuel Chew Hall for paying the regular troops under Lieutenant Colonel Butler.
Date
02/26/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Knoxville
Document number
1800022640501
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
David Henley
Treasurer
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Knoxville

