Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
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Estimate of Expenditures at Harpers Ferry for August 1800.
09/03/1800 Document SignedDenotes monetary amounts spent on canal, employment, and warrants.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Enclosed waste book received
08/20/1800 Autograph Letter SignedLetter from William Simmons, War Department Accountant, to David Henley, agent for the War Department in Knoxville, Tennessee. Simmons informs Henley that his letter enclosing the copy of his waste …
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Enclosed Letters on Refugees
02/05/1800 Autograph Letter SignedAdditional letters pertaining to claims by refugees from Canada.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Enclosed Letter
04/23/1800 Autograph Letter SignedEncloses a letter and deposition from John McGown, refugee from Nova Scotia.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Enclosed Deposition
03/27/1800 Autograph Letter SignedCover letter enclosing deposition of John Star in favor of McGowen's claim as a refugee from Canada. Another deposition to be forwarded later.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Enclosed copy of books for April
05/14/1800 Autograph Letter SignedDavid Henley, agent for the War Department in Knoxville, encloses a copy of his books for the month of April to William Simmons, War Department Accountant. Henley paid Lieutenant Chandler for the …
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Enclosed Certificate of Land Rights
03/1800 Autograph Letter SignedCertificate of land rights enclosed, as granted by Congress to refugees from Canada.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Enclosed Affidavit of Joseph Cove
03/28/1800 Autograph Letter SignedCummings submits Cove's claim for relief as a refugee. Cove was injured by frostbite and cannot make the journey to submit the papers himself.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Double Rations
01/23/1800 Printed DocumentSteele encloses a copy of a letter to the Secretary of War regarding the Treasury Department's opinion on issue of double rations.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Double Rations
01/23/1800 Printed DocumentSteele did not communicate instructions to the paymaster as he does not approve of establishing general rules that might be disadvantageous to the public. He believes double rations should be approved …
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Documents Supporting Location of John Halsted
04/02/1800 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed depositions of Aaron Burr and Mathias Halsted supporting John Halsted's residence in Canada during American Revolution. These and other documents support his claim for losses sustained as a …
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Documents on Relief Act for Canadian Refugees
04/10/1800 Autograph Letter SignedAnnexed papers regarding refugees from Canada, transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury in conformance with an Act of Congress.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Disposition of Charles Wright's Pay, Etc.
09/05/1800 Autograph Letter SignedWright asks that the one hundred dollars owed to the late Lieutenant Charles Wright be paid to his order despite the policy that prohibits sums less than five hundred dollars to be handled in this …
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Deposition of Mathais Halsted
04/01/1800 Document SignedAttests to locations of John Halsted during American invasion of Canada during Revolutionary War.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Deposition of James Rouse
04/29/1800 Document SignedRouse certified Joseph Luvetne's residence in Albany, Philadelphia, and Boston.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Deposition in favour of his Claims
04/07/1800 DocumentCover paper regarding supporting documents for claims by refugees Lewis Frederick Delesdernier and his parents.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Deposition in favor of John Dyer Mercier
04/01/1800 Document SignedJohn Halsted attests to John Dyer Mercier's status as a profitable businessman in Canada before the American invasion. Halsted further attests to Merciers arrest by the British for his assistance of …
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Delivery of pistols and cartridges to Peter Hagner
07/15/1800 Letter SignedLetter, directs delivery of one pair good pistols and twelve pistol cartridges to be returned by him, or paid for at a fair valuation.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Delay in Closing Accounts
04/30/1800 Autograph Letter SignedRegrets to inform Simmons that more time is needed to close accounts pertaining to land in Alexandria.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Declaration in favor of Gedion and Mary De Lesdernier
02/19/1800 Document SignedCertified residency of Gedion and Mary De Lesdernier in the U.S., citing fits of insanity as prohibiting travel to defend their status as refugees from Nova Scotia to Congress.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Cover Letter of Supporting Documents on Refugee Status
03/25/1800 Autograph Letter SignedExplains that his health and remote residence are the reason why his request for compensation offered by Congress to refugees from Canada is submitted so late.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Cover
10/13/1800 Document SignedRequests information on the value of land.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Confirming Pension Status
10/04/1800 Autograph Letter SignedAuthor confirms that Whittington is on the books of his office as a pensioner in Pennsylvania, previously of Delaware.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Colonel Hayes Accounts
11/12/1800 Autograph Letter SignedReasons for Colonel Hayes not settling accounts with Henley as Muster Master. Henley thinks Hayes has been overpaid for that work.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
Certification of service of John Delesdernier
03/18/1800 DocumentCertification of service of John Delesdernier, who was a private in the Rhode Island Regiment.
Fred Manning Collection of Documents From Various Series in RG217. (RG217)
