Purchases by Byers, Need for Regular Inventories

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Purchases by Byers, Need for Regular Inventories

Description

McHenry discusses the pricing of goods, profits, and the need for conducting regular inventories of the factories, stating their value and deducting therefrom all expenses of the year.

year created

1796

month created

12

day created

26

author

sent from location

War Office

recipient

in image

note

Cited in McHenry to Hooker, 04/14/1798.

cited note

Cited document sent from the War Office

notable person/group

James Byers, Jr.
James McHenry
Carey
Dinsmoor
Dinsmore
purveyor
Colonel Stanley
Colonel Hanley
Congress
President

notable location

War Office
Factory

notable item/thing

board
salary
powder
Virginia currency
salt
bushel
linsey
prices
requisition
trade
Indian goods
net annual profit
contingencies
experiment
capital
expenses
inventory

document number

1796122600055

page start

24

number of pages

3

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Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (3 pages) ZXU04 (42 pages) Collection: Letters Sent by the Secretary of War Relative to Indian Tribes (Letters and Instructions to the Factors of the Indian Trading Houses from their Establishment), Nov 26, 1795-Feb 27, 1800. (RG75) P: 24
[view document] (3 pages) ZXU15a (3 pages) Collection: Letters Sent by the Secretary of War Relative to Indian Tribes (Letters and Instructions to the Factors of the Indian Trading Houses from their Establishment), Nov 26, 1795-Feb 27, 1800. (RG75) P: 24

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author James McHenry War Office [n/a]
Recipient James Byers [unknown] [n/a]