Receipt for payment to Caleb Swan
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Receipt for payment to Caleb Swan
Description
Pierce sends Howell a receipt for the $86,460 that was given to the paymaster. $50,000 was to pay the Kentucky volunteers and the remainder was for pay, subsistence, and forage for the troops of the US Legion.
year created
1795
month created
03
day created
14
author
sent from location
Fort Washington
recipient
sent to location
War Dept., Philadelphia
in collection
notable person/group
Joseph Howell, Accountant
Capt. John Pierce, United States Artillery
Capt. Ingersole
Caleb Swan, Esq., Paymaster
Kentucky volunteers
United States Legion: Lieut. Col. Thomas Butler
notable location
War Department
Philadelphia
Fort Washington
Kentucky
notable item/thing
receipt for eighty six thousand four hundred and sixty dollars
pay for the Kentucky volunteers
subsistence and forage for the United States Legion
monies
document number
1795031470010
