John Wilkins Papers
26 documents
Regarding the Equipping of the Kentucky Volunteers, & Recent Bills Drawn
Refers to an order from General Wayne to see to the equipping of the Kentucky volunteers; comments on expenditures & recent bills drawn. An accounting of expenditures is appended.
John Wilkins PapersRegarding Recent Bill Drawn for $400
Informs of a recent bill drawn upon McHenry for $400.
John Wilkins PapersRegarding Recent Bill Drawn for $400
Discusses recent bill drawn in favor of John Levine for $400.
John Wilkins PapersRegarding Method for Creating Cost Estimates, Recent Bills Drawn, & Sloop Detroit
Comments on the method of tracking expenditure estimates; mentions receiving instructions on this topic. Lists recent bills drawn; refers to expenditure estimate for October. Also discusses the sloop …
John Wilkins PapersLast Quarter's Quartermaster Department Expenditure Estimates; Impossibility of Accurate Estimates for Indian & Hospital Departments
Mentions recent bills drawn; discusses estimate of the expenditures of the quartermaster department in the months of October-December of 1796. Comments that it is impossible to estimate the …
John Wilkins PapersForwarding of Cost Estimates for Quartermaster, Hospital & Indian Departments for September 1796
Forwards September expenditure estimates for the Quartermaster, Indian & Hospital Departments. Comments on the impossibility of extremely accurate estimates.
John Wilkins PapersDiscussion of Quartermaster Department's Cost Estimation System
Appears to discuss the record-keeping of the expenditure estimates system in the Quartermaster Department.
John Wilkins PapersDiscussion of Expenditures in Quartermaster, Indian & Hospital Departments
Mentions making up a list of probable expenditures in the Quartermaster's Department for July-September 1796, as well as those in the Indian and Hospital Departments. Discusses present and future …
John Wilkins PapersRegarding Safe Arrival of Quartermaster, & Post as Quartermaster General
Informs McHenry of the safe arrival of a quartermaster officer at one of the frontier forts. Appears to discuss Wilkins' continuing post as Quartermaster General.
John Wilkins PapersRegarding Recent Bill Drawn
Discusses recent bill for the Army Quartermaster Department drawn by Wilkins upon McHenry.
John Wilkins PapersRegarding Appointment of Quartermaster Officer to Philadelphia, & the Forwarding of Cost Estimates for Various Posts
Mentions that he has been ordered to appoint a quartermaster officer to Philadelphia, and promises to send a letter authorizing Hodgdon to do so. Also promises to send the latest Quartermaster …
John Wilkins PapersQuartermaster Department Arrangements for Transportation of Supplies
Deals with Quartermaster Department affairs, including arrangements for freight transport by water and by wagon road, to serve various frontier posts.
John Wilkins PapersQuartermaster Department Affairs: Recent Disbursements & Kentucky Expenses
Informs McHenry of recent disbursements made by the Quartermaster Department, and of expenditures related to Kentucky.
John Wilkins PapersQuartermaster Department Affairs: Recent Bills Drawn, Notification of Items Needed for Sloop Detroit
Informs McHenry of recent bills drawn, and encloses a list of articles required for the outfitting of the sloop Detroit [not included].
John Wilkins PapersQuartermaster Department Affairs: Cost Estimates for Fort Washington & Detroit, Recent Bills Drawn, Settlement of Accounts
Forwards Quartermaster Department cost estimates for March-May for the posts dependent on Fort Washington and Detroit. Also informs McHenry of his giving Hodgdon power of attorney to settle …
John Wilkins PapersNotification of Drawing of Funds
States that he has drawn on McHenry for a bill of $300.
John Wilkins PapersForwarding of Cost Estimates & Recent Accounting
Encloses a set of cost estimates for the Quartermaster Department for January and February 1797 [included]. Explains certain accounting which he has done in recent months.
John Wilkins PapersEstimated Costs for Quartermaster Department for January - February 1797
Itemized list of estimated costs to the Quartermaster Department.
John Wilkins PapersDiscussion of U.S. and British Land Claims Around Detroit
Discusses use of land at the site of the town of Detroit, including original British plans for the site. Discusses a shipyard there, etc.
John Wilkins PapersDiscussion of Recent Quartermaster Affairs, Including Power of Attorney to Draw Money to Honor Bills
Forwards to Hodgdon power of attorney to receive money from the Treasury to meet the bills sent from the Quartermaster Department. Also forwards Quartermaster Department cost estimates for March …
John Wilkins PapersDiscussion of Correspondence from & Quartermaster Duties for Frontier Forts
Discusses correspondence from Forts Defiance and Washington, including an account of the disappearance of several men, who are feared to be dead. References the Quartermaster Department's …
John Wilkins PapersDiscussion of Arrangements for Supply of Western Posts
Discusses arrangements for freight transport as it pertains to supplying specific posts, including Pittsburgh, Oswego, and Forts Randall and Franklin.
John Wilkins Papers
