Joseph Howell
2157 documents

Report on the Petition of Edward Thomson
03/26/1790 Autograph LetterReport on the petition of Edward Thomson, a private during the early stages of the Revolutionary War. Howell finds that the petitioner has no claim on the United States.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Report on the Petition of Captain Fox
04/23/1790 Draft LetterReport on the petition of Capt. Nathaniel Fox, officer of the 6th Virginia Regiment, for commutation of pay and compensation for wounds received in the service.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Report on the claims of various officers
04/20/1790 Autograph Letter SignedReport by the Commissioner of Army Accounts on the claims of Major Nathaniel Smith and Captain Theodore Bliss; mentions certificates.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Report on the claim of William Judd
04/22/1790 Autograph Letter SignedLetter to the Auditor of the United States, pertaining to the claim of William Judd.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Report on the claim of Lt. Hicks
04/13/1790 Autograph LetterReport on the claim of Lt. Isaac Hicks
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Report on the claim of James Derry
03/19/1790 Draft LetterResponds to Knox's request for a report on the claims of James Derry, which he in turn validates.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Report on petition
01/29/1790 Autograph Letter SignedEncloses - in a letter to the Secretary of War - his report on a petition from a particular captain.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Report on Army Accounts Memorialist by Commissioner
03/16/1790 Document SignedHowell reported on payments made and questions appropriations made.
Anthony Walton White Papers [Box].
Report of Certificates for Capt. Stevens
02/10/1790Report of certificates for Captain John Stevens and his attorney Samuel Beach.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Regarding the petition of William Gould
06/02/1790 Autograph Letter SignedResponds to the War Secretary's request for information on the petition of William Gould, senior surgeon at a hospital in Virginia.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Regarding the account of Capt. Olie
03/31/1790 Autograph Letter SignedResponds to Sweir's request for information on the accounts of Capt. Henry Olie, which Howell states he has no papers on.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)- No image
Regarding pay and subsistence; President Washington's illness
05/23/1790 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentBills of exchange for pay and subsistence have been honored. President Washington was critically ill, but is greatly on the mending. Send Beatty as soon as possible. Speculations that have taken place …
Printed Versions 
Regarding Arrearages in Pay for Troops on Ohio and at West Point
03/26/1790 Document SignedSecretary of War has made arrangement with Secretary of Treasury that troops in service of United States to be paid in three installments. Knox approved acceptance of bills from the Paymaster on the …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Raising a Company in Georgia
06/07/1790 Autograph Letter SignedHabersham is provided a bill of exchange for $561.24 for Capt. Michael Rudolph to raise a company of men in Georgia. If Capt. Rudolph declines the appointment, it should go to Lt. Thomas Martin. If …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)- No image
Purchased Lottery Tickets for Harmar and Captain Beatty; No News on Alexander MGillivray's Arrival
07/18/1790 Typed DocumentHowell purchased ten lottery tickets for General Harmar and Captain Beatty, numbers 23882-23891. Drawing will be on the first Monday in August. A second lottery is proposed; the tickets to be $10 and …
Printed Versions 
Paymaster General's account of Expenditures, 09/1789 to 03/1790
03/09/1790 Document, type undeterminedJoseph Howell, as paymaster general, gives account for Sundry Expenditures.
Second Congress: Transcribed Reports and Other Communications Transmitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of the Treasury, 1st Vol.
Pay Notice from the Society of Cincinnati
07/08/1790 Copy of Signed DocumentNotice of payment available for members of the Society of Cincinnati as received from the Paymaster General.
William Hayden, English Collection, M98.
Pay for Harmar's Troops
01/02/1790 Autograph Draft Document SignedHowell discusses the plan for making the first and second installments of the pay for Harmar's troops but wishes to postpone the third installment until the regiment's account is settled with the help …
Post Revolutionary War Manuscripts, 1784-1811. (RG94) (M904)
Pay for Depreciation
05/13/1790 Autograph Letter SignedInforms the Secretary at War that by the accounts - transmitted to the office - of depreciation of the state of New York, it cannot be ascertained to what period Jacobus Wynkoop was paid for …
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Pay for Captain Montford
06/07/1790 Document SignedEncloses bill of exchange which Davies will please to pay to order of Captain Joseph Montfort, appointed to raise company in North Carolina. If Montfort declines appointment, Howell advised Davies to …
Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
Pay Due to Major Call
05/19/1790 Contemporary Copy of Letter SignedDiscusses the specie pay due to Major Richard Call
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Pay Due to Family of Deceased Continental Officers
02/19/1790 Autograph Letter SignedDiscusses pay due to the heirs of deceased members of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Pay claims
01/14/1790 Autograph Letter SignedLetter from the Paymaster General to Massachusetts Representative George Thatcher pertaining to various pay issues and claims.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Pay Claim
01/16/1790 Autograph Letter SignedDiscussing pay claims to Lt. Col. Samuel Carlton; the claims have been examined by Benjamin Goodhue.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Pay Claim
01/11/1790 Autograph Letter SignedDiscusses the claim of a Mr. Purcell for extra pay for service as Judge Advocate to the Southern army in the Revolutionary War (1783)
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
