Payment due Richard Craven as an Interpreter
Document 1798Payment of $22 due Richard Craven for services as an interpreter at Fort McHenry. for the month of September, 1798.
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The United States
To Richard Cravatt Dr.
1790
September 8 } To my Services as an Interpreter to the
Indians at the Post of Fort McHenry
Walnut Hills from this date until
September 22 — 1790 at 30 Dollars ꝑ Month
As ꝑ Contract with Major [undecipherable] Commanding
Officer
[Doll. Cents]
22 —
The above Cravatt was employed by me for the Service & at the rate above stated, the Q. Master will therefore be pleased to discharge his account —
To be passed — Wm [undecipherable] Major
[undecipherable] Regt.
Ja[me]s Wilkinson
Received, Oct. 4th 1790 from John Wilkins, Lieut. [undecipherable] Quarter Master General. twenty-two Dollars — in full for my Services as Interpreter to the Indians in the neighbourhood of Fort McHenry from the first to the twenty-second Day of September 1790 inclusive
Signed Duplicate
In presence of Richard his R Cravatt
[undecipherable] W. [undecipherable] mark
[undecipherable] Comd. Fort McHenry
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Fort McHenry, Walnut
Hills — Sept. 23 — 1798
I Certify that Richard Cravatt has been Employed as an Interpreter to the Indians in the neighbourhood of this Post — from the first day of Sept. to this date — and — by order of the Commander in Chief is hereby discharged
[undecipherable]
t A S L
Comd. Fort [undecipherable]
[Endorsement, rotated:]
Voucher No. [undecipherable]
Rich.d Cravatt
Doll. $ 22
Interpreter
4 Oct. 1[79]8
[undecipherable]
see page 205
Description
Payment of $22 due Richard Craven for services as an interpreter at Fort McHenry. for the month of September, 1798.
Date
09/01/1798
Sent from
Fort McHenry
Document number
1798090179500
Notable persons
Major William Kersey
James Wilkinson
John Wilkins Jr
Quartermaster General
Richard Craven
Interpreter
Indians
A Marschalk
Notable locations
Fort McHenry
Walnut Hills
Notable items
payment
services
voucher


