William Reese
Memorandum of the actual traveling expenses of W. Reese Interpreter whilst accompanying a Party of Cherokees upon the route of Emigration.
| Date | ||
| 1838 | ||
| 28 March | For S. Boat Fare from Cherokee agency to Brown Ferry Tenn River | 8.00 |
| April | ||
| 4th | For passage from Florence to Waterloo Ala. | 2.00 |
| 11th | For passage from Waterloo to Lt. Rock | 40.00 |
| 20th | For passage from Lt. Rock to McLean’s Bottom Ark | 10.00 |
| Amount | $60.00 |
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 | 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 | $97.50 |
| For his actual traveling expenses accompany a party of emigrants in the above time, as per memorandum appended | 60.00 | |
| 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 | 75.00 | |
| Amount | $232.50 |
Received Cherokee Country (West) 1 May 1838 of Edwd Deas Lt. USA
Signed William Reese
Source: RG217, General Accounting Office, Treasury Department, Second Auditor, Indian Accounts, 1817-1922, Edward Deas File
Updated 9.22.2010