Alfred M. Folger
United States to A.M. Folger
| 1838 | For his services as attending Physician in the Cherokee removal commencing on the 2nd and ending on the 20th June 1838. 19 days at $5 per day | $95.00 |
| For his actual traveling expenses while accompanying an Emigrating party in the above dates | 77.00 | |
| For his transportation returning from Fort Coffee to Cherokee Agency East, 750 miles, 10 cts | 75.00 | |
| $247.00 |
Received Fort Coffee Arkansas 20th June 1838 of Edward Deas Lieut. USA.
Signed: A.M. Folger, Attending Phys. Ch. Em.
Source: RG217, General Accounting Office, Treasury Department, Second Auditor, Indian Accounts, 1817-1922, Edward Deas File
Memorandum of the expenses of Alfred M. Folger while accompanying a detachment of Cherokee Indians from the Cherokee Agency East to their country west of the Mississippi.
| June 8th 1838 | Expenses at Ross Landing | $1.50 |
| June 8th 1838 | Passage on Steamer George Guess to Decatur | 5.75 |
| June 10th 1838 | Passage on the Rail Road to Tuscumbia | 2.00 |
| June 11th 1838 | Passage on the Steamer Tarver to Waterloo | 2.75 |
| June 20th 1838 | Passage on Steamer Smelter to Fort Coffee | 65.00 |
| 77.00 |
I certify that the above account of my actual expenses is true on honor.
Alfred M. Folger, Attending Physician Ch. Em.
Source: RG217, General Accounting Office, Treasury Department, Second Auditor, Indian Account, 1817-1922, Edward Deas File
Updated 4.19.2010