- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- Account [of] Return J. Meigs, 1810 May 21 - 1810 June 30
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee Knoxville, Penelope Johnson Allen, box 1, folder 11, document pa0010.
- Date of Original:
- 1810-05-21
- Subject:
- Cherokee Indians
Indian agents - Location:
- United States, Tennessee, 35.75035, -86.25027
- Medium:
- accounts
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a copy of the account of Return J. Meigs, U.S. agent to the Cherokee Nation, for his salary and expenses relative to the Cherokee Agency in Tennessee, covering the period from May 21, 1810 - June 30, 1810.
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:
- pa0010
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0010
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0010#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_pa0010/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]
The United States
1810. To Return J Meigs.......... [unclear text: Dr. ]
May 21st. To Cash paid for expences [expenses] of 6 men with 9 Horses in bringing 12,246 dollars from Nashville to Highwassee Garrison, going & returning 14 Days......at 586 cents pr. [per] day... $82.00
June 27th To Cash paid for expences [expenses] for Self & Interpreter having 4 Horses on a tour for the purpose of selecting a proper position for a scite [site] for a military Post in the vicinity of the muscle Shoals being absent 17 days at 2 $ pr [per] Day.... 34.00
June 30th To Salary for the 2nd quarter year of
1810 ending 30th June... 350.00
" " To 91 days rations. 6 rations pr. [per] day 546 rations at 16 cts..... 87.36
" " To 3 months forage for 1 Horse.. at 6 $ pr [per] month... 18.00
$571.36
Page: [2]
No.1
Return J Meigs' account
2nd quarter year
1810.
$571.36
Retained Duplicate