Requests Money to Pay Anthony Foster for Recruitment

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Requests Money to Pay Anthony Foster for Recruitment

Description

Requests payment for Anthony Foster for recruitment.

year created

1799

month created

05

day created

15

author

David Henley

sent from location

Knoxville

recipient

James McHenry

in collection

Letters Sent by David Henley, Agent of the War Department, May 1, 1799-May 7, 1800. (RG217)

in image

ZWL03
ZWL01a

notable person/group

James McHenry
David Henley
Anthony Foster
agent war department
Secretary of War
treasurer

notable location

Knoxville

notable item/thing

recruiting
specie
bill
credit

document number

1799051540301

page start

1

transcription

Knoxville May 15th 1799

Sir

I have drawn on you this date for five
hundred dollars in favor of Anthony Foster
Co. Payable to them or order at thirty days
sight, being for value received of them in
Specie, and is to be appropriated for the
use of Recruiting the Fourth United States Reg'd
and having passed the same to the Audit
of the Treasurer. Request the Bill meet
your Concurrence

I am
very Respectfully
yr humble Servt
David Henley
Agent of War

The honorable
James McHenry
Secretary of War

Item sets

Documents

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 pages) ZWL03 (1 pages) Collection: Letters Sent by David Henley, Agent of the War Department, May 1, 1799-May 7, 1800. (RG217) [unknown]
[view document] (1 pages) ZWL01a (26 pages) Collection: Letters Sent by David Henley, Agent of the War Department, May 1, 1799-May 7, 1800. (RG217) [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author David Henley Knoxville [n/a]
Recipient James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]