Bill of exchange for payment of troops under Lieutenant Colonel Butler
Document 1800Requests payment of $1650 to Henry & Boggs for pay of regular troops under Lieutentant Colonel Butler in Tennessee.
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[Exchange] for 3[undecipherable]50 $
Sir [undecipherable], [Janv?] 26th [17]9[undecipherable]
At to 6 days Sight of this my first
[of] Exchange second of the tenor and date
[un]paid [pay?] Mas[undecipherable] & C[undecipherable] [undecipherable: Braggs?] —
[Three] thousand Six hundred & fifty dollars
it being for value receiv'd of Joseph M'Kain in Specie
the 5th [D]ecember 1799 [undecipherable] for [sub]sistence and is to be
[undecipherable] to the paying the Regular [troops?] under [Lieut?]
[Col?] Butler in [undecipherable] January February &
March, for which [he?] [made?] himself accountable
to [her?] advise of the same.
I am Sir
[Your most?] [obedient?] servant
The honorable David [Henley?]
James [McHenry?] [undecipherable] Char[undecipherable]
Secretary [of War?]
Philadelphia
[Endorsement:]
Rec'd 14 Novem 1800 of Mr [undecipherable] accountant
a Warrant for [No?] 4898
Three thousand Six
hundred & fifty dols
in full of the within
[undecipherable signature]
No 3650
Type
Document Signed
Description
Requests payment of $1650 to Henry & Boggs for pay of regular troops under Lieutentant Colonel Butler in Tennessee.
Date
02/26/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Knoxville
Document number
1800022640601
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
David Henley
Messrs Henry and Boggs
Joseph McKain
regular troops
Lieutenant Colonel Butler
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Knoxville
Notable items
bill of exchange
specie
paying
pay
warrant

