Bill of Exchange for James and William Parks for Payment of Troops in Tennessee
Document 1800Draft for James & William Park to be appropriated for paying regular troops under command of Lieutenant Colonel Butler in Tennessee.
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Exchange for 1800 Dt
Knoxville 21 [undecipherable] 1800
Sir
After ten days sight of this my First Bill of Exchange, Second of like tenor and date [undecipherable] pay James & William Park or order one thousand dollars it being for value received of them in Stores and is to be applied to the paying of the Regular troops under [Lieut?] Colonel [strikethrough: undecipherable] [strikethrough: undecipherable] their May & June for which [strikethrough: undecipherable] [I hold] myself accountable to for [arrival?] of the same.
[strikethrough: undecipherable]
[strikethrough: undecipherable]
I am Sir
Your Obedt Servant
David [Henley?]
Samuel Dexter [A?] of War
Secretary War
Washington
[presented 9 Aug. 1800
Vau'd [undecipherable] PA]
[3782]
[Pay the within to
M[undecipherable] John [undecipherable]
on W[undecipherable]
James & [undecipherable] Clark
or [undecipherable]]
[upper right endorsement — undecipherable]
Received August 12, 1800
of William Simmons Account
a Warrant No 5[7/8]89 for one
thousand eight hundred
dollars in full of the
within Bills of Exchange
D 1800.— Thomas [undecipherable: possibly Wagg]
[Pa?] In[d?] Ct[s?]
Type
Document Signed
Description
Draft for James & William Park to be appropriated for paying regular troops under command of Lieutenant Colonel Butler in Tennessee.
Date
07/21/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Knoxville
Document number
1800072140101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Dexter
David Henley
James Park
William Park
Lieutenant Colonel Butler
William Simmons
John Coxe
Anthony and John Kennedy & Co
Thomas Vinson
Richard Ringgold
Notable locations
Washington
Knoxville
Tennessee
Notable items
bill of exchange
specie
paying the regular troops
warrant

