Receipt for Accounts of Anthony Foster
Document 1800Abstract for services performed in Quarter Master department, for purchases, advertising of deserters, and cash.
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[No. 24]
Anthony Foster
against the
United States
Warrant July 29. 1800 Recd
of Dav[id] Henley Agt
of War, a Set of Bills on th[e]
Secretary of War, payable afte[r]
five days Sight for Two
Hundred, Four Dollars [undecipherable]
Twenty eight Cents in [undecipherable]
of the within Account.
D[ollars]. 204. 78
[signature]
D[r.] The United States in Account with Anthony Foster [undecipherable] for —
On account of the Army
To Abstract A
Being for services performed
in the Quarter M. Dept. — 114. 7[undecipherable]
To Abstract B
Being for purchases made for
the use of the Q. M. Dept. — [undecipherable]
1799
Oct 10 To advertising [undecipherable] John McLaughlin for
arresting a Deserter in [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] of the Military [undecipherable] .25
10.00
June 30 To cash paid [undecipherable]
advertising 8 Deserters 3. 75
$. 204. 78
Type
Document Signed
Description
Abstract for services performed in Quarter Master department, for purchases, advertising of deserters, and cash.
Date
07/29/1800
Author
Sent from
Knoxville
Document number
1800072990001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Anthony Foster
David Henley
Secretary of War
Quartermasters Department
John McLaughlin
deserter
B. Bradford
Notable locations
Knoxville
Notable items
bills
account
services
abstract
purchases
advertising
desertion
military laws
cash