- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Account of] Lachlan McIntosh for expences [sic] in service [to] the United States, 1779
- Date of Original:
- 1779
- Subject:
- Indian agents
- Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- accounts
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is an account of the expenses of Brigadier General Lachlan McIntosh while in service to the United States from 1777 to 1779. Enumerated as one of McIntosh's expenditures is a beaver hat, purchased for an unnamed Indian chief and costing about 80 dollars.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- krc117
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc117
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc117#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_krc117/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Keith Read, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Original Collection:
- Manuscript held by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries, Keith Read, box 17, folder 37, document 01.
- Holding Institution:
- Hargrett Library
- Rights:
-
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[document damaged: The ] United States. To Lachlan McIntosh. -- B. G. [Brigadier General]
[document damaged] 1st. To Board & Lodging at Geo. [illegible text] in Yorktown from the
30th. May to this Day while attending on Congress & the Board of [unclear text: warr [war] ] p. [per] his [unclear text: Rect. ] ---- 720. -- Do.
To Cash paid in York for Maps, [illegible text] & Cases for them p. [per] [illegible text] 21.
13th. To Cash paid James Pollock at Carlisle for Board & Lodging while we stayed there getting necessarys [necessaries] ready for the western Department & waiting Colo. [Colonel] Brodheads Regt. [Regiment] from Lancaster ---- 94.54
Dollars 835.54
177 [unclear text: 9 ] April 26th. To Cash paid for expences [expenses] upon the Road from Pittsburgh to Camp in the Jerseys p [per] [unclear text: Rects. ] 795.84
Dollars -- 1631.48.
[deleted text: To Cash paid for two felt Hatts [Hats], for a ]
To a Beaver Hat I gave an Indian Chief with cost to replace it. - - -- 160. --
1791.48
To Ballance [Balance] carryed [carried] to the Debit of [unclear text: Letts. ] acct. [account] 2008.42
3800. Dollars
Cr.
[document damaged] By Cash recd. [received] of the Warr [War] office on accot. [account] 1500
[document damaged] By two Horses bot. [bought] of [unclear text: D. Q M Genl. [Deputy Quartermaster General] ] in Lancaster, he Says cost £300. 800.
[document damaged: 19. 5th. ] By Cash recd. [received] of Mr. Boynton [unclear text: D. P. M Genl. [Deputy Paymaster General] ] of the Western Dept. [Department] on accot. [account] - - -- 1000
[document damaged]
April 2d. By ditto of ditto on accot. [account] - - -- 500 Dollars 3800. --
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The United States. -- To Lachn. [Lachlan] McIntosh. B. G. [Brigadier General]
1779. May 15th. To Pay as Brigr. Genl. [Brigadier General] in [illegible text] Service from
15th. May 1778 to this Day in 12 Mos. [Months] at 25 Dols. [Dollars] p [per] in 1500 [document damaged]
To ballance [balance] due upon my Ration accot. [account] from the
25th. October 1777. to
7th. April 1779. [unclear text: p [per] ] accot. [account] 6270. Rations at ⅓ Dollars each - - - -- 2090.
Dollars. 3590.
Cr.
By Ballance [Balance] of Money in my Hands 2008.42
Ball. [Balance] due [unclear text: QM. [Quartermaster] ] 1581.48
[document damaged] to Camp
Expences Travelling [Expenses Traveling] to York
[unclear text: Pet ]
1778
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