Requests Money for Cochran and Thursby

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Requests Money for Cochran and Thursby

Description

Requests payment to Cochran & Thursby for remittance of Thomas Hickman.

year created

1799

month created

05

day created

22

author

sent from location

Knoxville

recipient

in image

notable person/group

James McHenry
David Henley
Cochran & Thursby
Thomas Hickman
Accountant

notable location

Knoxville
Nashville
Army Department

notable item/thing

remittance
money
appropriated
bill
abstract of warrants
receipt

document number

1799052240401

page start

1

transcription

Knoxville May 22nd 1799

Sir

I have drawn on you this date in favor of Cochran & Hrusley payable to them on order After ten days sight for one thousand five hundred dollars, being for so much lodged in my hands for Remittance by Thomas Hickman of Nashville the 10th of April and having no immediate use for the money at that time, deffered drawing lile wanted, being the term upon which I received it, as the Sum is now appropriated for the Army Department the Bill mentioned for that use.

But perceiving by an abstract of warrants from the Accountant, the Receipts I gave for the Money has already been taken up, and paid the 20th of April, the Bill is only to be presented by Cockraw & Hursley for form and acknowledgement of pay and which I have so notifyed them.

I am very Respectly

Your Humble Servt

David Henley

Agent of War

The honorable

James McHenry

Secretary of War

Item sets

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 pages) ZWL06 (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]