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Document 1800Letter, seeks instructions re: slaves seeking asylum from Cherokees.
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John Woodruff Esqr
New London Compt
War Department
Accountants Office
February 27 1800
Sir
I have received your letter of the 22 inst with its enclosure. The examination of your accounts will e[undecipherable]r go on and you will be informed of the result.
I am &c
W. L.
Joshua [undecipherable] Esqr
Agent of Fortifications
Elizabethtown N. J.
February 27, 1800
Sir
I have received your letter of the 18 Instant accompanied by your Abstracts and Vouchers for December last, which with that [blank] under examination and you will be informed of the results in course.
I am &c
W[undecipherable]
Doctor George French
Fredericksburg, Virga
February 2[undecipherable] 1800
Sir
Your account for monies transmitted to and disbursed on [undecipherable] the Troops in the United States at Fredericksburg &c have been received from Mr [undecipherable: Haslett], amounting to $[undecipherable] and as [undecipherable] have been submitted to the examination of two disinterested [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] who have reported that after examining the following sums from cash of your account, there will be a full [undecipherable] against you[,]
From your a/c against Capt Brooks & ......... No [undecipherable] 77. 41
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[undecipherable] ......... [undecipherable] ......... 18. 16[undecipherable]
From your a/c against Lt Hancock & ......... No 7. 343
[undecipherable] ......... [undecipherable] ......... 47. 41[undecipherable]
[undecipherable] ......... [undecipherable] ......... [undecipherable]
having in your favor a balance of Dollars 128.6[undecipherable]
which sum you will receive from [undecipherable] Carrington to [undecipherable] Virginia
upon [undecipherable] from the [undecipherable] [undecipherable].
I am &c
W. L.
Capt George [undecipherable: Villefranche?]
Accountants Office
February 27 1800
Sir
On the settlement of the accounts of the [undecipherable] at New York [undecipherable] Island, it appears that you have drawn & [undecipherable] pay as Commandant of [undecipherable] in addition to your [undecipherable] or [undecipherable] from the [undecipherable] of [undecipherable] to 20 December 1799, to which you are not entitled, the law having made no such provision. The amount of the [undecipherable] overstated by you at the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] will be deducted from your pay [undecipherable] by the Pay Master [undecipherable], who will be furnished with an account thereof, for that purpose.
I am &c
W. L.
David Henley Esqr
a W. D. [undecipherable: Knoxville?]
[undecipherable]
February 26, 1800
Sir
I have received your letter dated the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable], the letter & the same letter accompanied by two bundles of Vouchers [undecipherable] to be for [undecipherable: Contingent] expenses, [undecipherable] services performed in the Indian Department, which shall be placed with those before forwarded subject to a proper examination in course.
I am &c
W[undecipherable]
Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter
Description
Letter, seeks instructions re: slaves seeking asylum from Cherokees.
Date
06/03/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Pickering
Document number
1800060355001
Page start
1
Notable persons
David Henley
Zebulon Pike
John Pettigreu
White Man Killer
Cherokee
Negroes
Blacks.
Notable locations
Fort Pickering
Cherokee Village at St. Francis in his Catholic Majesty's Dominions
Muscle Shoals
Natchez.
Notable items
prisoners
proprietors
agreement
rivers
old woman
children
customs
commanding officer
letters.

