Payment John Chisolm for Boarding Choctaw
Document 1795Payment of $15 to John Chisholm for boarding five Choctaw Indians and their interpreter from May 28 to June 3.
No human transcription currently available for this document.
This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (a mix of sonnet and opus models). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.
The United States
To Richard Cravatt Dr
1790
September 1 } 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 pr Month As pr Contract with the Major Henry Commanding Officer } Dolls. Cents
22 —
The above Cravatt was employed by me for the service & at the rate above stated, the Qr Master will therefore be pleased to discharge his Account —
To be passed — [undecipherable] Kerkey Major
8 Regt.
Japt. Dickinson
Received, Oct 4th 1790 from John Wilkins, Junr. Esqr. 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 Duplicates
In presence of Richard his
A [undecipherable] W A & R Cravatt
[undecipherable] mark
Cmdt at Ft. McHenry
Description
Payment of $15 to John Chisholm for boarding five Choctaw Indians and their interpreter from May 28 to June 3.
Date
06/03/1795
Document number
1795060379510
Notable persons
David Henley
John Chisholm
Choctaw
Indians
interpreter
Notable locations
Knoxville
Notable items
boarding
duplicate receipt

