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Estimate of money due in the Quartermaster's Department
Estimate of Money due in the Quarter Masters Department.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)Estimate of money due in the Quartermaster's Department
Estimate of money due in the Quartermaster's Department.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)Estimate of debts due in Military Stores Department in Philadelphia
Estimate of debts due in the Department of Military Stores in Philadelphia.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)Estimate of Building and Equipping Ship of Forty Guns Rated at 1300 Tons
Butler prepared an estimate for building a forty gun ship rated at 1300 tons. Included is an estimate of expenses in maintaining a crew of 350 for one year. Costs are based on present circumstances …
Letters Sent by the Secretary of the Navy to Federal Executive Agents (Letters to President, Secretary of State, Secretary of War, and Letters ToCost of sundry supplies
Estimate of money due in the Quarter Master's Department.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)Supply matters and St. Clair defeat
Discussion of supply matters. Mentions Brotherington. Mentions St. Clair defeat.
Letters Sent (Letterbook) by Quartermaster General James O'Hara, Apr 19, 1792-May 17, 1794. (RG92)Speech to the Indians
Captain Alexander Trueman delivers this speech, written by the Secretary at War, to the Chiefs and Warriors of the Western Indians.
Manuscript Collection.Return of Wagons, Horses, and Oxen
Return of wagons, horses, and oxen at western posts. Distinguishes between wagon horses, pack horses, and saddle horses.
Letters Sent (Letterbook) by Quartermaster General James O'Hara, Apr 19, 1792-May 17, 1794. (RG92)Requisitions, returns, and expenditures
Requisition for $50,000 will be considered and transmitted to Treasury. Asks for returns of pack horses, oxen carts, wagons in service, and object for which employed. Asks for an abstract specifying …
James O'Hara Papers, BV 1804-1807.Requests Money
Writes to the Secretary of War requesting money for the Quartermaster Department and the most secure way of sending money. Includes documentation for postal notes with a list of bills needed.
Letters Sent (Letterbook) by Quartermaster General James O'Hara, Apr 19, 1792-May 17, 1794. (RG92)Requests Articles for the Quartermaster Department
Request to purchase and forward articles for the Quartermaster Department: paper, brushes, beam for scales, etc.
Letters Sent (Letterbook) by Quartermaster General James O'Hara, Apr 19, 1792-May 17, 1794. (RG92)Requests Agreement with the Secretary of the Treasury about Format of Money
Received letter and money, but reports problem with weight of gold. Refers to heaviness of money. Requests agreement with the Secretary of the Treasury.
Letters Sent (Letterbook) by Quartermaster General James O'Hara, Apr 19, 1792-May 17, 1794. (RG92)Request for money, forwarding of specie, horse supplies
According to the Commissary of Military Stores, Secretary Hamilton admits only $2500 to be forwarded in specie; the remainder in bank notes. Mentions silver part of remittance and subsequent moiety of …
James O'Hara Papers, BV 1804-1807.Reports of neglect of equipment
Secretary Knox has heard that six brass cannon and three tons of sheet iron have been left in the road by wagonners. Asks the Quartermaster General that equipment be forwarded to Pittsburgh and the …
James O'Hara Papers, BV 1804-1807.Rendering of accounts with Treasury Office
Secretary Hamilton orders that O'Hara's accounts as Quartermaster General shall be rendered to the Treasury Department up to 1792 as soon as possible and henceforth on quarterly basis.
James O'Hara Papers, BV 1804-1807.Refers to Business among Various Officers
Writes of receipts and money. Refers to Indian affairs. Lists boats and loads.
Letters Sent (Letterbook) by Quartermaster General James O'Hara, Apr 19, 1792-May 17, 1794. (RG92)Policy Toward the Five Nations
United States policy toward the Five Nations: This document authorizes money to be spent on clothing, domestic animals, implements of husbandry, and for encouraging useful artificers among the …
Manuscript Collection.Outlines Responsibilities as Clerk and Assistant Quartermaster
Discussion of salary as clerk in the Quartermaster department, as well as rations and horses. Reminds him that his duties include clerk and assistant quartermaster responsibilities. Requests …
Letters Sent (Letterbook) by Quartermaster General James O'Hara, Apr 19, 1792-May 17, 1794. (RG92)Outlines Quartermaster Responsibilities and Western Activity
Outlines responsibilities of Quartermaster General staff and the high quality of articles furnished by their department. Discusses arrangements at western posts and the state of the garrisons. Plans …
Letters Sent (Letterbook) by Quartermaster General James O'Hara, Apr 19, 1792-May 17, 1794. (RG92)On Money Forwarded, and the Beauty of a Particular Place
Discusses the forwarding of money; should not suffer any inconvenience for want of money. Remembers the spot that O'Hara describes and notes its beauty.
James O'Hara Papers, BV 1804-1807.Negotiations with the Indian Tribes
Hamtramck desribes his negotiations with the Indian tribes along the Wabash to the Secretary at War. Hamtramck mentions Alexander McKee and British attempts at winning favor with the Indians via …
Manuscript Collection.Money advanced to agent; experiment with oxen
Secretary Hamilton has advanced $35,000 to O'Hara's agent. Secretary Knox inquires as to level of success in experiment with oxen. O'Hara is Quartermaster General
James O'Hara Papers, BV 1804-1807.Letter to Quartermaster General
The Commissary of Military Stores discusses requests for money. Expresses happiness that General Anthony Wayne and his troops are comfortably quartered. Expects army to operate early in spring. …
James O'Hara Papers, BV 1804-1807.Intelligence Report to the Secretary at War
This letter is an anonymous intelligence report from the frontier to Henry Knox, asking him not to reveal the correspondence between them to Judge McComb. Also, in order to prevent the Saganaw and …
MG23 HI1 John Graves Simcoe, PapersInstructions to Capt. Hendrick Aupaumut
The Secretary at War dispatches Captain Aupaumut, Chief of the Stockbridge Indians, to the Great Council of Indians at Lake Erie. Aupaumut is instructed to convey to the Indians that the desire for …
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