- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- An abstract of disbursement on account of expenses of the War Department, 1809 Apr. 1 - 1809 Oct. 29
- Creator:
- Meigs, Return Jonathan, 1740-1823
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Penelope Johnson Allen, box 1, folder 7, document pa0007.
- Date of Original:
- 1809-04-01/1809-10-29
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians
Indian agents - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
- Medium:
- accounts
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This document is an abstract of the funds disbursed in relation to expenses incurred (at the Cherokee Agency ?) from April 1, 1809 through October 29, 1809, compiled by Return J. Meigs, U.S. Agent to the Cherokees, for the War Department. The expenses are itemized to include date, person by whom expense incurred, brief description of expense, and total cost.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2000, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- pa0007
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0007
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0007#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0007/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Penelope Johnson Allen, Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 2 pages/leaves
- Holding Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Abstract of disbursements made by Return J. Meigs Agent for the War Department in Tennessee on account of Incidental & Contingent expences [expenses] of the War Department from the
1st of April 1809 to the [omitted text]
dates of payments No. Payments to whom made Nature of disbursements Amount
1809 April 1st 1 Timothy Meigs [Clerk] Salary for the 4th quarter of
1808 & 1st quarter of the year
1809 250.00
7th 2 Geo: [George] Willson [printer for printing inlistments [enlistments] & Muster Rolls for Capt. Vandykes Company 13.00
9th 3 Revd. [Reverend] G. Blackburn Money appropriated for schools in the Cherokee Nation 150.00
13th 4 John Purdon For Draining off the Stagnant waters in front of Agency house & Factory 47.25
June 14 5 Jacob Harman Money paid for corn for the Military Agency at this Garrison Highwassee 119.25
Augst [August] 6 6 J.S. McMeans An Attorney employed in a magistrates Court in prosecution of Mahalalel Drain charged with the killing of a Cherokee 10.00
[deleted text: " 10th ] [deleted text: 7 ] [deleted text: Wm Jones/ by ]
" 10th 7 Wm. [William] Jones by atty. [attorney] For services rendered as Interpreter in taking Statistical account of the Cherokee Nation 64.00
" 11th 8 George Smith For his services as superintendent of public works at this Garrison Highwassee [added text: for Military agency ] 287.50
" 28th 9 Revd. Jno. [Reverend John] Gambold Money appropriated for encouragement of schools in the Cherokee Nation 100.00
Octor. [October] 1 10 Timothy Meigs (clerk) Salary for the 2 & 3 quarters of the year
1809 250.00
9th 11 James Park For 1 Ream of Paper 6.00
1297.00
19th 12 Stephen Haynes expences [expenses] attending the trial of [unclear text: Mahalalel ] Drain in the Circuit court of the U States. Charged with killing a Cherokee 12.00
29 13 William Payne For Stationary and other articles furnished 28.25
14 Return J Meigs For Salary Subsistence, forage & expences [expenses] & Stated 2209.88 2250.13
$3547.13
Page: [2]
Abstract. B of incidental & contingent expences [expenses] for the war department commencing
1st April, ending
29th October 1809
$3547.13