Lt. Wright's Expenses
Document 1797This is documentation that Lieutenant Charles Wright's expenses were $50.83 while waiting in Philadelphia for dispatches from the Secretary of War and $149.19 while carrying dispatches from the Secretary of War to Knox County, Tennessee.
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I certify that I have examined the within Account and do certify the same due to [undecipherable] Wright the Sum of 197 Dollars and eighty three Cents, which she [undecipherable] is the Credit of the United States —
Treasurer [undecipherable] Wright
June 22nd 1797 [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Col. David [undecipherable]
Agent &c &ca
Type
Document
Description
This is documentation that Lieutenant Charles Wright's expenses were $50.83 while waiting in Philadelphia for dispatches from the Secretary of War and $149.19 while carrying dispatches from the Secretary of War to Knox County, Tennessee.
Date
02/07/1797
Recipient
Document number
1798012370001
Notable persons
Lieut. Charles Wright, 3rd US Regt.
Joseph Green
Edward Wright, deputy paymaster
Secretary of War
Officer commanding the troops of the UStates from the state of Tennessee
Treasurer of the United States
Joseph Greer, one of the Justices of the Peace for the County of Knox
Notable locations
Knox County, Tennessee
Philadelphia
Knoxville
Notable items
his expenses while in Philadelphia
dispatches from the Secretary of War
Warrant No. 833
expenses travelling from Philadelphia to Knoxville
credit of the United States