Receipt of Thomas Cushing
Document 1800Receipt for passage for a soldier from New Orleans to New York and thence to Fort Mifflin, per General Wilkinson's orders.
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[No 31
Cash Pd to Majr
Thos H. Cushing
40$
Oct 9th 1800
Cts 5150.]
The United States to Thomas H. Cushing Dr.
To Cash paid the owners of the Brig Ceres
for the passage of William Jacobs a
Soldier in the Service of the United States
from New Orleans to New York — 25.
To Cash paid for victualing the said
Jacobs from New Orleans to New
York & from thence to Fort Mifflin
in the state of Pennsylvania 15.
$40
I certify on honor that I was ordered by Genl Wilkinson
to bring the said Jacobs from New Orleans and that
I paid the Sum of forty dollars for his passag[e] &
Subsistence as charg[e]d in the above act
T.H.Cushing
Description
Receipt for passage for a soldier from New Orleans to New York and thence to Fort Mifflin, per General Wilkinson's orders.
Date
10/09/1800
Author
Document number
1800100960010
Notable persons
Thomas H. Cushing
James Wilkins Jr
William Jacobs
General Wilkins
Thomas Williams
Notable locations
New Orleans
New York
Fort Mifflin
Pennsylvania
City of Washington
George Town
Notable items
cash
brig Ceres
passage
passage
account
receipt

