Bezaleel Howe Papers
25 documents

Trouble Filling Company Without Money
09/28/1791 Contemporary Copy of LetterProblems recruiting without money to pay recruits and officers.
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Return Required to Fill Clothing Order
10/18/1791 Autograph Letter SignedAdditional clothing could not be produced by Mr. Hill until Captain Smith provided return on past clothing order and number of missing uniforms.
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Request for Supplies
10/29/1791 Autograph Letter SignedRequest for supplies, cited better discipline of recruits occurred with supplies.
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Rendez-vous at Westchester and Recruiting
11/10/1791 Letter SignedProposed rendez-vous of Westchester denied, Knox ordered future location to be West Point. Additional expenses related to recruiting denied.
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Recruits to Proceed to West Point
11/19/1791 Copy of Signed DocumentMoney due for pay and subsistence received, recruits gathered from Eastern States to proceed immediately to West Point.
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Pay and Subsistence
11/19/1791 Copy of Signed DocumentThanked Howell for receipt of pay and subsistence from previous month. Gave total pay and subsistence due for current month.
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Orders to Proceed Hastily to Pittsburgh
06/24/1791 Letter SignedUrged Howe to proceed quickly with recruits to Pittsburgh for service to public.
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Enclosed Return, Request for Orders
10/23/1791 Autograph Letter SignedLetter, seeks orders.
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Enclosed Pay and Subsistance
11/11/1791 Contemporary Copy of LetterLetter, enclosed draft for pay and subsistence.
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Enclosed Bounty and Payment for Recruiting Services
08/20/1791 Autograph Letter SignedLetter, encloses draft for money for recruiting.
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Discussion of Debts and Imprisonment of Recruits
1791 Autograph LetterQuestions the practicality of the law regarding small debts of men recruited for military service.
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Deserters and Request for Clothing
10/08/1791 Autograph Letter SignedHowe expressed hopes of using martial law to make examples of deserters, requests clothing and knapsacks.
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Bank Note for Recruiting Services
09/26/1791 Contemporary Copy of LetterLetter, encloses Post Note for recruiting service to be cashed at Bank of New York.
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Assurances of Exemplary Recruiting Services
09/07/1791 Autograph Letter SignedLetter, discusses conduct as a recruiting officer.
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Appointment to 2nd Lieutenant
03/07/1791 Letter SignedLetter, discusses recruiting and mentions appointment.
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Sympathies for Lack of Recruits
05/23/1792 Letter SignedLetter, mentions recruiting and treatment of deserters.
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Refusal to Furnish Clothing
11/30/1792 Copy of Signed DocumentLetter, mentions clothing and recruiting.
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Receipt of Appointment Letter
04/17/1792 Autograph Letter SignedReceipt of appointment letter, requests info on his lieutenant.
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Permission to Enlist Artificers
05/10/1792 Letter SignedHowe authorized enlistment of artificers such as carpenters, wheelwrights, blacksmiths, and armourers.
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Notification of Money to be Delivered, Instructions for Dispersal
10/20/1792 Letter SignedAmounts and people to receive pay.
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Notification of Clothing Order
10/11/1792 Copy of Signed DocumentClothing ordered for troops, to be forwarded to New York by way of Amboy New Jersey, addressed to Melancton Smith.
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Money Remit to Richard Morris
06/07/1792 Letter SignedNotification of sum of $400 remit to Howe by Treasurer of United States to Richard Morris, Supervisor of Revenue at New York for recruiting.
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Money for Recruiting
06/09/1792 Autograph Letter SignedThe Treasurer has placed in the hands of Richard Morris, Supervisor of New York, $400. Howe was told by him that the Treasurer would provide money for recruiting but he had not been given the names of …
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Entries of Receipts
11/05/1792 Autograph Document SignedReceipt for pay and pay of troops.
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