War Department Appropriations for Transporting Indian Boys Home
Document 1800Informs Whelen of two Indian boys who have been educated and raised by the Society of Friends [Quakers], but now wish to return to their own people. The Society of Friends applied that the cost of transportation be paid by the U.S. government, the Secretary of War agreed to it, and now Whelen is asked to submit the funds, as they will come out of the general War Department appropriations.
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[seal]
General Henry Knox Esquire
Secretary of War
[27 Oct. FRIENDS, 30c. 05
Payment to [undecipherable]
for the schooling of
two [undecipherable] —
[undecipherable], Secretary of]
Type
Letter Signed
Description
Informs Whelen of two Indian boys who have been educated and raised by the Society of Friends [Quakers], but now wish to return to their own people. The Society of Friends applied that the cost of transportation be paid by the U.S. government, the Secretary of War agreed to it, and now Whelen is asked to submit the funds, as they will come out of the general War Department appropriations.
Date
10/27/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1800102728301
Page start
1
Notable persons
Israel Whelen
Samuel Hodgdon
Secretary of War
Indians
Indian lads
Society of Friends
Quakers
Committee of Friends
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
enclosed account
passages
expenses
educated
safe conveyance
public expense
incidental appropriation