Document Spotlight-Expense Report Edition

This week we read from a document transcribed by Timetrvlr. The document actually consists of three short expense reports from 1795. In the first, John Stagg is due $148.60 for expenses related to the education of two Indian youths. In the second, Private Luthor Ludden is due $16.20 for his military service. In the third, Lieutenant Horatio R. Dayton is due $83.01 for his rations. Note that two of the requests are dated a year after the period of service, meaning that soldiers and officers are waiting a long time to be paid.

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