Requests Payment for Henry & Boggs to Pay Troops in Tennessee
Document 1800Requests payment to Henry & Boggs. Explains bills to pay regular troops in Tennessee under Colonel Butler.
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Knoxville February 26th 1800
Sir,
I have drawn on you this day in favor of Henry & Boggs for three thousand five hundred and fifty dollars, it being so much received of Joseph McKean the 5th December — which he requested me to remit.
The Bills consist of a first and second payable after ten days sight, and the money is to be appropriated to the Paying the Regular and [undecipherable: Choose] Batter Troops in Tennessee, January — February & march, and having passed this amount to the Credit of the Treasurer, Request Your honoring the same —
with Respect
I am Your Humble Servant
David Henley
Agent of War
The Honorable
James McHenry
Type
Letterbook
Description
Requests payment to Henry & Boggs. Explains bills to pay regular troops in Tennessee under Colonel Butler.
Date
02/26/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Knoxville
Collection
Document number
1800022640801
Page start
1
Notable persons
James McHenry
David Henley
Henry & Boggs
Joseph McHune
Lieutenant Colonel Butler
Treasurer
treasurer
agent of war
Secretary of War
Notable locations
Knoxville
Tennessee
Notable items
bill
credit

