Blount, William (1749-1800) [Order to pay troops protecting the southwest frontier]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00795 Author/Creator: Blount, William (1749-1800) Place Written: Knoxville, Tennessee Type: Manuscript document signed Date: 16 July 1795 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 32 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Issues William Rickard, paymaster pro tem for the territory south of the Ohio River, $279 for payment "of a Detachment of Mounted Infantry" in Colonel Isaac Roberts' regiment, under the command of Sergeant John Childress. Pay was for work from 11 October 1794 to 28 October 1794. A note on the front page signed by "Chas. M Clung" indicates that the order was recorded in the secretary's office on 16 July 1795. A note on the verso signed by Rickard confirms his receipt of the money. The docket identifies this as "Warrant / No. 323." With white paper territorial seal
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