Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 [Expenses for recruiting]

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GLC#
GLC02437.08413-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
circa 1789-1795
Author/Creator
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Title
[Expenses for recruiting]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
4 p. : docket ; Height: 32.3 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Written in Knox's hand. List of expenses for the recruiting service. Goods and services include clothing, transportation, bounties, rations, medicine and pay to recruiters. Tens of thousands of dollars was allocated and spent. Page 4 has a reference to the "Indian department." Line items for the "Creek" and Cherokee" add up to $8,000 and a line item for "Indians N West Ohio" is $10,000.

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