TAYLOR ZACHARY Autograph Letter Signed Z Taylor Capt 7th Re

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WEEKS BEFORE WAR OF 1812: "I SHALL LEAVE. . .TOMORROW MORNING FOR FORT HARRISON" TAYLOR, ZACHARY. Autograph Letter Signed, "Z Taylor Capt / 7th Reg't U.S. Inf't," to War Department accountant William Simmons, sending documentation for transportation expenses from Washington to Louisville [not present], requesting that the delayed order [appointment document] be sent to him, requesting instructions regarding the unspent money given to him for recruitment services, reporting that he is leaving tomorrow for Fort Harrison, and giving the name of a Louisville merchant who is to care for any mail. 1 page, 4to, with integral address leaf; nearly-complete separations at folds repaired verso with tissue, some chipping at edges, some contemporary smudging to few words Louisville, 13 April 1812

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"I have enclosed duplicate accounts for my transportation from the City of Washington to this place. When I was at the city in November 1811 I was ordered by the Secretary of War to this place to car[r]y on the recruiting service & from the hurry of business the order could not be made out . . . . I will thank you to inform me in what manner I am to dispose of the funds which was furnished me to carry on the recruiting service as they are not all expended & I shall leave this [place] tomorrow morning for Fort Harrison . . . ."