General Washington's Expenses
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
General Washington's Expenses
Description
A letter from Lt. General George Washington indicates that his expenses exceed the pay and emoluments provided for his recent journey from Mt. Vernon to Philadelphia and returning. It will therefore be necessary to reimburse those expenses and transmit them to the General in in the next day's post.
year created
1799
month created
01
day created
10
author
sent from location
War Department
recipient
sent to location
War Department
in collection
notable person/group
William Simmons
James McHenry
Lieutenant General George Washington
Secretary of War
accountant
Samuel Lewis
clerk
notable location
Mt. Vernon
Virginia
Philadelphia
War Department
notable item/thing
expenses
pay
emoluments
journey
reimbursement
subsistence
forage
incidental
receipt
document number
1799011000001
page start
1
number of pages
2
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | ZJV03 (2 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | B:6/9 |
| [view document] (2 pages) | ZJV03a (2 pages) | Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) | B:6/9 |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: George Washington Papers | 3B. 2.4 one hundred |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Special File, 1790-1946. (RG94) | Item #1 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | James McHenry | War Department | [n/a] |
| Recipient | William Simmons | War Department | [n/a] |