Account of goods delivered to Cherokee Chiefs
Item
Type
Document
Title
Account of goods delivered to Cherokee Chiefs
Description
Forwards account of goods as the yearly stipends delivered to Cherokee Chiefs 1795-1796.
year created
1796
author
recipient
sent to location
accountant's office
created note
No date was found on this document. Docketed "Recd 30 June"
notable person/group
David Henley
William Simmons
accountant
Cherokee Chiefs
Silas Dinsmoor
agent for the Cherokee Nation
Secretary of War
troops
Byers
notable location
Tennessee
accountant's office
notable item/thing
accounts of goods
yearly stipends
waste book
charges
accounts
money
document number
1796999992701
page start
1
transcription
David Henley
Recd 30 June
arrd same day
I have now forwarded the account of the Goods, as the Yearly Stipends for 1795 & 1796, which I delivered to the Cherokee Chiefs agreeably to Silas Dinsmoor: order the agent for the Cherokee nations, and wish you to inform me if I have done right in transmitting them to your Office.
I have also inclosed a Copy of my waste book beginning from the 1 January to the 30 April 1797, and shall every month send on to your Office a copy of all charges as they stand on my books, till my accounts are finally adjusted, that it may be seen
how the money is expended. --
I have not time to write the Secretary of War this post, but you will please to inform him all is quiet. The troops to reinforce us is not arrived as yet. --
please to deliver the inclosed to Mr. Byers --
I am Sir
with Regard
Your Humble Servt
David Henley
Agt War
William Simmons esquire
Accountant War Department
Recd 30 June
arrd same day
I have now forwarded the account of the Goods, as the Yearly Stipends for 1795 & 1796, which I delivered to the Cherokee Chiefs agreeably to Silas Dinsmoor: order the agent for the Cherokee nations, and wish you to inform me if I have done right in transmitting them to your Office.
I have also inclosed a Copy of my waste book beginning from the 1 January to the 30 April 1797, and shall every month send on to your Office a copy of all charges as they stand on my books, till my accounts are finally adjusted, that it may be seen
how the money is expended. --
I have not time to write the Secretary of War this post, but you will please to inform him all is quiet. The troops to reinforce us is not arrived as yet. --
please to deliver the inclosed to Mr. Byers --
I am Sir
with Regard
Your Humble Servt
David Henley
Agt War
William Simmons esquire
Accountant War Department
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
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| [view document] (0 pages) | ZCY13 (0 pages) | Collection: Fred Manning Collection of Documents from Various Series in RG217. (RG217) | B:27, F:Henley Section |
| [view document] (3 pages) | ZCY13a (3 pages) | Collection: Fred Manning Collection of Documents from Various Series in RG217. (RG217) | B:27, F:Henley Section |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | David Henley | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | William Simmons | accountant's office | [n/a] |