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O.G. Parry
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Memorandum of actual traveling expenses of O. G. Parry
agent
while accompanying a party of Cherokees upon the route of emigration.
March
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29
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Passage on S.B.
from Ross Landing to Browns Ferry
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$4.00
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30
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for subsistence
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1.00
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31
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for subsistence |
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1.00
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April
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1st
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for subsistence |
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1.00
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2
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for subsistence |
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1.00
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3
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Passage on S.B.
from Florence to Waterloo
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2.00
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11
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Passage on S.B.
from Waterloo to Little Rock
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50.00
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20
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Passage on S.B.
from Little Rock to McLeans Bottom
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15.00
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24
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while at McLeans
Bottom 4 days |
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5.00
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while on the bank
of Arkansas River |
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1.00
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May
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1
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Hire of horse from
McLean's Bottom to Salasaw Creek 8 days $1.25
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10.00
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1
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for actual
necessary expenses of messing and camping with the party from McLeans
Bottom Arks to Salasaw Creek inthe Cherokee Country West 8 days
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22.10
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$118.10
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I certify on honor that the above
memorandum of my expenses is correct.
O.G. Parry
Source: RG217,
General Accounting Office, Treasury Department, Second Auditor, Indian
Accounts, 1817-1922, Edward Deas File
Sale Bill of Public Property sold at auction at Salasaw Creek Cherokee
Country (West) on the 1 May 1838
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Doll.
Cents
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5.25
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1. One Pair Large
Steelyards
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1.50
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1. One Pair Small
Ditto
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.62
1/2
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1. One Half
Bushell Measure
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.87
1/2
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1. Half Gallon
Measure
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.62 1/2
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$8.87
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I Certify that the above articles were sold by me as above stated for
Eight Dollars & eighty seven & 1/2 cent to highest bidders.
O.G. Parry
Asst. Conductor
Source: RG217,
General Accounting Office, Treasury Department, Second Auditor, Indian
Accounts, 1817-1922, Edward Deas File
United States to O.G. Parry
1838
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For
his services as collecting agent commencing on the 8 March and ending
on the 25 March and issuing agent commencing on the 26 March and ending
on the 1 May, 1838, 55 days at $2.50
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$137.50
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For his actual
traveling expenses accompanying a party of Cherokees upon the route of
Emigration, commencing on the 26 March & ending on the 1 May as per
memorandum
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$118.13
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For his
transportation returning from Salisaw Creek in the Cherokee Country
West to the Cherokee Agency East, distance 750 miles at ten cents per
mile
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75.00
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$330.63
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Received Cherokee Country (West) 1 May 1838 of Edward Deas, Lt. USA
Signed O.G. Parry
Source: RG217,
General Accounting Office, Treasury Department, Second Auditor, Indian
Accounts, 1817-1922, Edward Deas File
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