William Reese
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Memorandum of
the actual traveling expenses of
W. Reese Interpreter whilst accompanying a Party of Cherokees upon the
route of
Emigration.
Date
1838
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28 March
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For S. Boat Fare
from Cherokee agency to Brown Ferry Tenn River
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8.00
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April
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4th
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For passage from
Florence to Waterloo Ala.
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2.00
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11th
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For passage from
Waterloo to Lt. Rock
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40.00
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20th
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For passage from
Lt. Rock to McLean's Bottom Ark
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10.00
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Amount
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$60.00
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I certify that the above is a correct
statement of my
traveling expenses
William Reese
Source: RG217,
General Accounting Office, Treasury Department, Second Auditor, Indian
Accounts, 1817-1922, Edward Deas File
United States to William Reese
1838
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For his services as
Interpreter in the Cherokee [emigration] commencg on the 24 March &
ending on the 1 May 1838, 37 days at $2.00 per day
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$97.50
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For his actual
traveling expenses accompany a party of emigrants in the above time, as
per memorandum appended
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60.00
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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 $00.10 per
mile
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75.00
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Amount
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$232.50
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Received Cherokee Country (West) 1 May 1838 of Edwd Deas Lt. USA
Signed William Reese
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