Certification of payment; Ensign Jacob Beck, in Captain Lewis Rush’s Company, 1st Regiment Philadelphia Militia commanded by Colonel Francis Gurney ordered out to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania 1794

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Certification of payment; Ensign Jacob Beck, in Captain Lewis Rush’s Company, 1st Regiment Philadelphia Militia commanded by Colonel Francis Gurney ordered out to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania 1794

Description

Certification of payment; $9.90 for retained rations to Ensign Jacob Beck, in Captain Lewis Rush’s Company, 1st Regiment Philadelphia Militia commanded by Colonel Francis Gurney ordered out to suppress an insurrection in the Western Counties of Pennsylvania 1794.

year created

1799

month created

07

day created

02

sent from location

Accountant's Office

recipient

in image

author note

William Simmons

recipient note

James McHenry

notable person/group

James McHenry
William Simmons
Ensign Jacob Beck
Captain Lewis Rush
Company
1st Regiment Philadelphia Militia
command
accountant
Secretary of War
Colonel Francis Gurney

notable location

Philadelphia
western counties of Pennsylvania
Accountant's Office

notable item/thing

insurrection
pay
retained rations
Whiskey Rebellion

document number

1799070222155

page start

58

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Document instances

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[view document] (1 pages) DQJ01 (307 pages) Collection: Report Books of the Accountant of the War Department, Apr 14, 1795-Dec 31, 1817. (RG217) V:C; P:57

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author William Simmons Accountant's Office [n/a]
Recipient James McHenry [unknown] [n/a]