Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed - Papers of the War Department

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)