Joseph Howell
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Accounts of Captain Abraham deHuff
01/13/1789 Letterbook CopyRegarding accounts of Captain Abraham deHuff, Howell conceives that he is entitled to the year's pay allowed in consequence of being a prisoner. In consequence of being a suprenumerary, deHuff is …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)- No image
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01/30/1789 Cited letter or documentLetter, Citation only Cited in Howell to McComb, 03/08/1790
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Warrants number 440 and 441
05/24/1790 Document SignedHowell encloses warrants drawn by late commissioners of Treasury on Thomas Harwood.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Warrant number 444 drawn at request of Secretary of Treasury
02/19/1790 Document SignedIn obedience to direction, enclosed is warrant of $2000.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Warrant number 133 for two thousand dollars
03/31/1790 Document SignedJoseph Howell encloses warrant to Alexander Hamilton drawn by late commissioners of Treasury on Thomas Harwood. Money will be used to pay troops in installments.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Warrant number 1044 for Payment and Subsistence
04/12/1790 Document SignedJoseph Howell encloses warrant to Secretary of Treasury drawn by late commissioners of Treasury. Requests warrant in his favor for like sum to discharge acceptances. Names include militia Generals …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Transmittal of funds to officers recruiting at Springfield
01/26/1790 Document SignedTransmittal of funds to officers recruiting at Springfield. Instructions provided on how to allocate funds.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Settling of accounts with Corps of Artillery in 1784
03/04/1790 Document SignedMr. Bliss is attending to settlement of accounts of Corps of Artillery [under] Major Bauman 1784.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Settlements of sundry foreign officers
05/26/1790 Autograph Letter SignedInforms the Secretary of War that he has examined settlements of sundry foreign officers made by the previous Commissioner of Army Accounts; states that it appears that no settlements have been made …
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Settlement for North Carolina
02/09/1790 Autograph Letter SignedHowell's report on the case of a North Carolina officer who was not included in the settlement for the state. Answer to Secretary of War request of 2/8/1790
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Return of Subsistence
04/13/1790 Copy of documentCertified copy of return of subsistence due Virginia officers.
Executive Papers, Office of Governors Letters
Return of certificates issued
02/25/1790 Document SignedReturn of certificates issued by the Commissioner of Army Accounts to the officers and soldiers to the late Continental Army, showing the amount issued to the troops of each state.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Return of balances
06/04/1790 Draft Letter SignedDiscusses return of balances due the noncommissioned officers and privates of Colonel Thomas Robinson's company in the 4th Pennsylvania Battalion in 1776
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Requisition for pay for recruits
02/18/1790 Document SignedHowell conveys request from Secretary of War to pay for sundry recruits.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Request for Money to Pay Troops at West Point
03/29/1790 Copy of Signed DocumentHowell directed by Secretary of War to apply to Secretary Treasury for money for officers and men of two companies of artillery and one of infantry, all stationed at West Point. Refers to warrant on …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Request for acknowlegement of receipt to John Pierce
01/22/1790 Document SignedRequest for acknowledgment of receipt to John Pierce of the Federal Artillery at West Point.
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Report on the petition of various officers
05/19/1790 Draft LetterReport on the petition of Joseph Tucker, Thomas Condy, Robert Williams, and Samuel Armstrong. Delivered by the Commissioner of Army Accounts to the Secretary at War.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Report on the petition of the Curtis's
05/03/1790 Autograph Letter SignedReport on the petition of Elijah and Sarah Curtis on behalf of the children of the late Capt. Robert Lewis of the Connecticut line.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Report on the petition of Pattin Jackson
05/28/1790 Autograph Letter SignedReport on the petition of Pattin Jackson, an officer taken prisoner by the British from 1777 until 1780. Howell concludes that the petitioner has no legal claim to half-pay.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Report on the Petition of Major Taylor
06/10/1790 Draft LetterReport on the petition of Major William Taylor of the Virginia Line for commutation of pay.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Report on the petition of Lt. Harris's heirs
04/24/1790 Autograph Letter SignedReport to the Secretary at War pertaining to the petition of the heirs of of the late John Harris, lieutenant in the 2nd Connecticut Regiment.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Report on the petition of Jacobus Wynkoop
05/21/1790 Autograph Letter SignedReport on the petition of Jacobus Wynkoop, appointed by Major General Phillip Schuyler during the Revolutionary War.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Report on the petition of Ichabod Spencer
05/04/1790 Autograph Letter SignedReport on the petition of Ichabod Spencer of the Connecticut line. Talks of the depreciated state of the Revolutionary paper money.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
