Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
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Request for pay for Captain James Wilson
12/06/1776 Author's Letterbook CopyThe author examines the request for pay for Captain James Wilson and, after a thorough examination of the records, finds the request unwarranted. Indeed, Wilson may have been given more pay than was …
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Receipt of Funds for the Southern Army
07/27/1781 Autograph Letter SignedAlexander's receipt and promise to deliver money being sent from the Continental Army's Paymaster General to General Nathaniel Greene's Southern Army.
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Payment of Soldiers
04/25/1783 ExtractExtract of orders, noting that privates in the infantry of the Continental service receive on account of their pay one half dollar specie per week and the non-commissioned officers and privates of …
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Accounts of French and American Engineers
01/12/1783 LetterPickering sends accounts of issues charged to the department of engineers. Mentions extra articles furnished to the French gentlemen by special order.
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Work on arms
03/24/1784 Author's Letterbook CopyEstimate for work on arms.
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U.S. military stores in South Carolina
03/15/1784 Author's Letterbook CopyRequests information on the status of the United States military stores in South Carolina.
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True copy of an account
05/24/1784 Autograph Letter / Autograph Document SignedSamuel Hodgdon sends to the Superintendant of Finance a letter inclosed with a true copy of an account which had been addressed to Congress.
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Tools and metal
03/17/1784 Author's Letterbook CopyRequest for return of or payment for tools and metal.
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Supplies to a gun powder manufacturer
02/21/1784 Author's Letterbook CopyDiscusses the accounting of supplies furnished to a gun powder manufacturer and the amount of powder delivered by him.
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Stores on hand
06/03/1784 Autograph Letter SignedDiscusses returns of stores on hand in the quartermaster's department. Indicates that some of the army's frontier posts are unoccupied.
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Springfield depot
04/26/1784 Author's Letterbook CopyDiscusses the need to "overhaul" the powder at the Springfield depot. Lists the rate of additional pay the enlisted men were to receive for doing the extra duty. The men were also to oil the new …
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Settling an Account
03/24/1784 Author's Letterbook CopySettlement of an account.
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Settlement of two officers' accounts
05/20/1784 Author's Letterbook CopySamuel Hodgdon sends to the Superintendent of Finance a request for sufficient funding to settle the accounts of Captain DeBort and LtCol DeBrahm.
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Settlement of accounts of debts
04/01/1784 Author's Letterbook CopyDiscusses the rules for the settlement of accounts of debts contracted for the purchase of stores.
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Settlement of accounts
03/22/1784 Author's Letterbook CopyDiscusses the settlement of the account of Colonel Pettit and the settlement of the accounts of the iron masters.
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Settlement for Lee's Legion
12/31/1784 Author's Letterbook CopySettlement for a part of Lee's Legion and other pay matters
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Sale of deceased officer's estate
04/24/1784 Author's Letterbook CopyDiscusses the sale of a deceased officer's estate at Carlisle that seems to have become public property.
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Sale of a building.
04/24/1784 Author's Letterbook CopyDiscusses the sale of a building.
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Returns Mandated by Congress
03/24/1784 Author's Letterbook CopyDiscusses returns (probably of stores) mandated by Congress.
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Returns for the 1st and 3rd Cavalry Regiments
09/28/1784 Author's Letterbook CopyEnclosed are the returns for the 1st and 3rd Cavalry Regiments, but Major Hopkins' pay and Commutation has been settled with the 4th Regiment. Also enclosed are the fees allowed by the Assembly for …
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Returning clothing
08/13/1784 Recipient's Letterbook CopyThe author states that his responsibilities apply only to the State of Virginia so he is returning the clothing that would be assigned to Officers and Soldiers of other States. He requests that the …
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Request for additional information
08/27/1784 Autograph LetterPickering asks Carleton for additional information about the movement of troops to the frontier posts.
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Report Desired on the State of an Army Magazine
01/23/1784 Author's Letterbook CopyRequest for an account of the state of the post (military store/magazine) under Captain Irish's direction and a request for an account of his expenditures.
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Repair of arms
03/15/1784 Author's Letterbook CopyReports the completion of a contract for the repair of arms.
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Questions regarding logistical arrangements
08/25/1784 Autograph Letter SignedQuestions regarding logistical arrangements for the support of the commissioners going to Lake Erie to conduct a treaty with the Indian nations.
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