Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed - Papers of the War Department

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Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed

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Enclosed estimate for subsistences
05/03/1784 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Enclosed estimate for subsistences for the month of May, amounting to over $2,500.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Regarding receipt of loan certificates
01/25/1785 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Elbridge Gerry sends a short note to Samuel Hodgdon regarding the receipt of loan certificates.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Return of Recruited Soldiers
10/25/1786 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Agreeable to Wolcott's request, Pierce encloses a return of the names of the men recruited by Capt. Samuel Granger and his officers, specifying the date enlisted.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Report on the petition of Daniel Pendleton
09/12/1786 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Report on the petition of Daniel Pendleton, late a Captain of Artificers. The objects of Pendleton's petition are: allowance as paymaster and cloathier to his company; allowance as agent for the …
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Pay of Three Georgian Companies
12/22/1786 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Concerning the pay of three Georgian companies commanded by John Habersham.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts
12/22/1786 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts and Paymaster General. Pierce was appointed by Congress for settling the pay accounts of the Revolutionary War Army.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts
12/19/1786 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Largely illegible letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts
12/15/1786 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts relating to expenses, recruiting service, and subsistence funds.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Enclosed Vouchers
12/15/1786 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
The Commissioner of Army Accounts encloses the whole of the vouchers to be presented to the state for allowance.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Enclosed return of monies
09/30/1786 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Encloses return of monies advanced to sundry soldiers of the Maryland Line with a certificate; mentions the wife of Jacob Lyons.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Enclosed Power of Attorney
10/26/1786 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Agreeable to Shields's request, Pierce encloses a copy of the power of Attorney given by a member of General Hazen's regiment to Richard Murthwaite.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Claim of Promotion
10/04/1786 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Report on a claim of promotion by virtue of vacancies by William Stewart and Palman Cadey
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Application for commutation
09/01/1786 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Informs Nicholson that Lieutenant Weidman - late of the German Regiment and prisoner - has made application to the office for commutation.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Account of Colonel Henry B. Lee
12/18/1786 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts concerning the account of Henry B. Lee
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Account information received
08/30/1786 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Informs Colonel Brewer that his letters respecting his accounts have been received by the office.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Unsettled claims of North Carolina officers
09/29/1787 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Discusses the unsettled claims of North Carolina officers; encloses copy of a Congressional resolution granting a commission to the agents of regiments not pertaining to the line of any state.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Surveying the Mouth of the Ohio
12/15/1787 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Knox recommends that the military tract at the mouth of the Ohio be surveyed by Army officers, a measure which would incur little significant expense to the public.
Papers of Thomas Hutchins
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts
06/01/1787 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts and Paymaster General; mentions auditors papers and Doctor Middleton. Pierce has written a favorable letter to the Board of Treasury on Howell's behalf.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Enclosed Copy of Account
07/24/1787 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Informs Capt. Erasmus Gill that the office has received his letter; Pierce encloses a copy of his account; discusses depreciation.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Enclosed Certificate
10/01/1787 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Informs Captain White that there is a balance due him; also, encloses the certificate noting the closure of his account
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Prospects for the New Government
10/14/1788 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Knox expresses to Sullivan his hopes for the success of the government under the new Constitution.
New Hampshire State Militia Commissions, 1820 and Earlier.
New Hampshire: Adopt the New Constitution!
01/19/1788 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Knox urges Sullivan to use his influence to ensure that New Hampshire adopts the new Constitution because he feels that the addition of New Hampshire and Massachusetts to those states that have …
New Hampshire State Militia Commissions, 1820 and Earlier.
Transmits accounts rendered by Mr. Yeates
12/30/1789 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Transmits the accounts rendered by Mr. Yeates, the late Paymaster of the Delaware regiment.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Sundry Claims to be Considered
12/31/1789 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Encloses a resolution from the Virginia General Assembly to War Secretary Henry Knox, in order to determine whether there is a federal office to take cognizance of various claims. Randolph thinks the …
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Settling accounts
09/12/1789 Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Writes the Commissioner of Army Accounts concerning his own account from his experience in Virginia during the Revolutionary War. Muhlenberg had wrongly assumed his account to already be settled.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)