Jesup bills and receipts, 1818-1826.

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Jesup bills and receipts, 1818-1826.

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This is a personal collection of the household bills and receipts of Thomas Sidney Jesup covering the period 1818-1826. Jesup was first assigned as Quartermaster General of the Department of the Army in 1818. He lived in a boarding house near his work until he married. After his marriage in 1823, his bills and receipts reflect the cost of setting up a household. He did much of his purchasing from Georgetown merchants. At the time Georgetown was a thriving port city.

1 handsewn ledger of 1825 newspapers with the bills and receipts glued onto the p.

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Jesup, Thomas Sidney, 1788-1860

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Quartermaster-general of the U.S. army, 1818-1860. Appointed commander of U.S., Georgia, and Alabama troops fighting the Creeks in Alabama, May 19, 1836, and of the army in Florida during the Second Seminole War, Dec. 6, 1836. From the description of Letter : Tampa Bay, [Fla.], to C.C. Clay, Governor of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Ala., 1836 Nov. 17. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 38110737 Thomas Sidney Jesup was a soldier in the U.S. Army. He rose to the rank of Major Gen...