Bill of Exchange
Document 1796Bill of exchange for $1,250 to be paid to Robert Barr.
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No. [undecipherable] EXCHANGE for [undecipherable] DOLLARS.
[undecipherable], [undecipherable]
SIR,
AT ten Days [sight] of this [undecipherable] of Exchange [undecipherable]
of [same] tenor and date being unpaid, please to pay to [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] or Order, the Sum of [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
Dollars, which Sum I have received of him in Cash, and charge the same as per
advice herewith to my Account. [undecipherable] [Paymaster of the]
[undecipherable] of the United States
To [The Secretary of War?]
[Philadelphia?]
No. 9 EXCHANGE for 1250 DOLLARS.
Fort Washington, March 28. 1796.
SIR,
AT ten Days sight of this first of Exchange the second of same tenor and date being unpaid, please to pay to Robert Barr or Order, the Sum of One thousand Two hundred fifty Dollars, which Sum I have received of him in Cash, and charge the same as per advice herewith to my Account. Caleb Swan Paymaster of the Troops of the United States
To The Secretary of War
Philadelphia
Type
Document
Description
Bill of exchange for $1,250 to be paid to Robert Barr.
Date
03/28/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Washington
Document number
1796032840301
Notable persons
Caleb Swan
Secretary of War
James McHenry
Robert Barr
William Simmons
Major General Wayne
Solomon White
Notable locations
Fort Washington
Philadelphia
Notable items
bill of exchange
cash
warrant
account of the pay of the Army