List of Agents
Document 1784Requests a list of names of persons authorized to make contracts, receive supplies, and issue certificates for the United States
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[Docket endorsement: [undecipherable] from / [undecipherable] by [undecipherable] / 1784]
[Stamp: Received from State Dept. Nov. 24 19[undecipherable] R.P.O. 4018[undecipherable]]
Philadelphia February, 17th 1784
Sir,
In Order to guard against the admission of improper Claims of Individuals on the Public I take the Liberty to request you to furnish me with a List of the Names of those Persons who have been authorised to make Contracts, receive Supplies, and issue Certificates in behalf of the United States within your department
I am
Sir
your most Obedt. Servt.
Benj. Stelle Commiss.
of Accounts for the State
of Pennsylvania.
Sam: Hogsdon Esqr
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Requests a list of names of persons authorized to make contracts, receive supplies, and issue certificates for the United States
Date
02/17/1784
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1784021780001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Benjamin Steele
Benjamin Stelle
Samuel Hodgdon
individuals
the public
department of military stores
Commissioner of Accounts for Pennsylvania
Notable locations
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Notable items
claims