Receipt for payment to Caleb Swan
Document 1795Pierce sends Howell a receipt for the $86,460 that was given to the paymaster. $50,000 was to pay the Kentucky volunteers and the remainder was for pay, subsistence, and forage for the troops of the US Legion.
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Pierce sends Howell a receipt for the $86,460 that was given to the paymaster. $50,000 was to pay the Kentucky volunteers and the remainder was for pay, subsistence, and forage for the troops of the US Legion.
Date
03/14/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Washington
Repository
Document number
1795031470010
Notable persons
Joseph Howell, Accountant
Capt. John Pierce, United States Artillery
Capt. Ingersole
Caleb Swan, Esq., Paymaster
Kentucky volunteers
United States Legion: Lieut. Col. Thomas Butler
Notable locations
War Department
Philadelphia
Fort Washington
Kentucky
Notable items
receipt for eighty six thousand four hundred and sixty dollars
pay for the Kentucky volunteers
subsistence and forage for the United States Legion
monies