Payment to Lieutenant Tharp of Cavalry and his men
Document 1800Dexter authorizes the paymaster general to settle accounts of Lieutenant Tharp, Sergeant James Johnston, trumpeter Morgan Eddy, Private William Swift and Private Dennis McBee.
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[Order in Writing from
the Sec of war to pay
Tharp & his men
Sept 1. 1800.
Washington]
War Department, 1st Septr 1800.
Lieut Tharp of the Cavalry being on his return to Tennessee with a Detachment of Light Dragoons, the Paymaster General is authorised and requested to settle his account for his pay & Subsistence, and for the pay of Sergt James Johnston, Trumpeter Morgan Eddy, and privates William Swift & Dennis McBee until the 30th inst. inclusive.
Saml Dexter
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Dexter authorizes the paymaster general to settle accounts of Lieutenant Tharp, Sergeant James Johnston, trumpeter Morgan Eddy, Private William Swift and Private Dennis McBee.
Date
09/01/1800
Author
Sent from
Washington
Document number
1800090100001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Dexter
Secretary of War
paymaster general
Lieutenant Tharp
Sergeant James Johnston
trumpeter Morgan Eddy
Private William Swift
Private Dennis McBee
cavalry
Light Dragoons
Notable locations
Washington
Tennessee
War Department
Notable items
pay and subsistence