Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94)
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Purchase of Thirty Pack Horses
08/07/1795 Letter/Document (contemporary copy, in third hand, unsigned)The clerk has received a letter from Major Craig in which he expresses the need to purchase thirty additional pack horses for the journey from Pittsburgh to Presq'Isle. Since no money has been …
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Purchase of Six Hundred Packhorses, Etc.
05/31/1795 Autograph Letter SignedHaragan notes that he has drawn on Hodgdon fifteen thousand dollars in favor of Captain Edward Butler and lists the bills that are to be paid. The money is also needed to complete the purchase of the …
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Purchase of Bricks for the Use of the United States
01/21/1795 Letter SignedThe sum in Hoffman's account for the purchase of bricks for the use of the United States should be paid to the branch bank of the United States at New York and passed to the credit of the Treasurer of …
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Provision Return of William Rickard
05/31/1795 Copy of Signed DocumentProvision Return of the 12th Company of Infantry in the 3rd Sub-Legion of the United States for the month of May 1795.
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Post Notes Received from the Treasury
01/23/1795 Autograph Letter SignedThe several sums mentioned in Howell's letter have been sent to Overton from the Treasury in post notes of the Bank of the United States. As soon as Overton has paid them out agreeable to Howell's …
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Poor Quality of Powder Imposed on the Public, Etc.
11/09/1795 Extract of LetterIn addition to transmitting a number of monthly returns, General Wayne criticizes the quality of the powder he has been provided. The last sent forward during the Spring of 1794 was fit only for …
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Please Oblige Me With Thirty Dollars
06/24/1795 Autograph Letter SignedSorber requests the thirty dollars he needs to go on. The money should be entrusted to the bearer of this letter.
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Please Meet at Dunwoody's
02/24/1795 Autograph Letter SignedCoxe announces that they are meeting in the evening at Dunwoody's with Spread Eagle to discuss musket shirts. He hopes that Hodgdon can attend for at least an hour.
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Plantation Purchased by the Board of War
05/05/1795 Draft LetterThere is some question as to what is to be done with the plantation purchased by the Board of War and the settlement of the mortgage on same.
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Peter Frothingham's Receipt
04/13/1795 Autograph Letter SignedEnclosed is Ensign Peter Frothingham's receipt for the money remitted to him in accordance with Howell's directions.
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Permission to Resign as I am Ordered to Trial
11/05/1795 Autograph Letter SignedHaving been ordered to trial by the Judge Advocate, Harris requests permission to resign his appointment to the United States Legion. Having received no answers to his request for testimonials from …
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Payroll for Officers
04/28/1795 Letter SignedEnclosed are some blank payroll forms. It is intended that in the future every officer will make out their own pay rolls and transmit them with their muster rolls at the end of each two-month period. …
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Payments of Rations Retained Under the Contract of William Duer
01/26/1795 Letter SignedHowell inquires as to whether the payment of rations, provided under the contract of William Duer and claimed by officers of the Army, should be made. Howell wants to know whether these claims should …
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Payments made by Capt. Rickard to his Company.
06/1795 Copy of documentAbstract of payments made by Capt. Rickard to his Company of the 3rd Sub-Legion from October 1794 to June 1795.
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Payments for Transporting Troops
09/03/1795 Letter SignedDexter encloses his bills and receipts for payments made by him for transporting troops from Providence to New York.
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Payments for Services in Suppressing the Insurgents
04/22/1795 LetterThe admissable claims enlcosed in this letter should be paid by Presley Neville, Paymaster of the Militia Army. Payments to those who served in the suppression of the insurgents should also be paid by …
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Payments Due Mr. Peyton
06/01/1795 Autograph Letter SignedThompson spent two days marching with Mr. Peyton and encloses a muster roll of the men who are marching, some of which were paid the bounty due them. Peyton was paid the sum due for his recruiting as …
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Payment to Griffith Not an Authorized Disbursement
02/03/1795 Letter SignedHowell informs Poe that he has learned that Surgeon's Mate Richard Griffith received the money allowed by law in lieu of the forage to which he was entitled from Poe. Since this was not an authorized …
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Payment Due George Farragut
07/23/1795 DocumentThe United States owes Farragut $612.22 for services in the militia in Washington and Hamilton District in the Territory south of the Ohio.
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Paying the Recruits of Captain James Bruff
01/28/1795 Letter SignedThe Treasurer will remit to Gale a sum to be transmitted to Captain James Bruff, being for the pay of his recruits for the last quarter of 1794 and for which receipts will be required.
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Pay Rolls Should be Sent at the End of the Month
04/27/1795 Autograph Draft Letter SignedEnclosed are some blank pay rolls, accompanied by a muster roll, which at the end of the present month must be transmittted to the Accountant's offfice where they will be examined. The amount therein …
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Pay Rolls Due Every Two Months
04/28/1795 Letter SignedIt is expected that in the future every officer will make out their own pay rolls and transmit them with their muster rolls at the end of each two-month period. An examination will then take place and …
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Pay Rolls Due at the End of Each Two-Month Period
04/27/1795 Autograph Letter SignedIt is expected that in the future every officer will make out their own pay rolls and transmit them with their muster rolls at the end of each two-month period. An examination will then take place and …
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Pay or Depreciation for Mr. Lee
02/02/1795 Autograph Letter SignedTracy asks for any information Howell can provide on the pay of Mr. Lee. Does Lee want pay or depreciation? If he has pay, Tracy wants to know about it and, if not, the reasons why he has not.
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Pay of the Troops on the Upper Parts of the Ohio
01/07/1795 Draft Document SignedSamuel Fisher is leaving the following day with $3,630, being the pay and forage of the troops on the upper parts of the Ohio for the last quarter of 1794. The money is to be delivered to Colonel …
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