Requests Money for James William Park for Cherokee Boundary Line, per Treaty of Tellico

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Requests Money for James William Park for Cherokee Boundary Line, per Treaty of Tellico

Description

Requests payment for James and William Park as money appropriated to pay the commissioner of running the Cherokee boundary line based on the Treaty of Tellico.

year created

1799

month created

08

day created

20

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

ZWM21

notable person/group

James McHenry
David Henley
James Park
William Park
Cherokees
Treasurer
commissioner
Secretary of War

notable location

Knoxville
Tellico
Tennessee

notable item/thing

Cherokee boundary line
Treaty at Tellico
credit

document number

1799082040101

page start

1

transcription

Knoxville 20 August 1799
Sir -
I have drawn on you this day in favor of James & William Park on their order payable after ten days sight for one thousand dollars, which money has been appropriated to the paying the Commissioner for running the Cherokee boundary line, as stipulated by the Commissioners of the treaty at Tellico in 1798, and having passed the amount to the credit of the Treasurer request your honoring the same.
I am respectfully Your Huml Servt
David Henley
Agt War
The honorable James McHenry

Item sets

Documents

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (1 pages) ZWM21 (1 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]