Fort Apache, 1890 Manuscript Commissary Receipt, "PAID" Handstamp

Manuscript document datelined "Fort Apache A.T., Oct 22/90" and written by Commissary Sergeant D.B. Jeffer, acknowledging receipt of "$1.26 for fourteen (14) lbs. Beans" from a Mr. J.A. Bridges; with three strikes of boxed "PAID" handstamp.
A scarce surviving example of frontier military commerce from the famed Fort Apache—one of the most storied outposts of the Arizona Territory. Located in the heart of Apache lands, the fort played a central role during the Indian Wars and later served as a reservation agency post. Manuscript material from this period, particularly involving enlisted supply personnel, is seldom encountered.