Continental Army accounts
Document 1784Discusses obtaining money for payment of Continental Army subsistence accounts
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[undecipherable] West Point March 6. 178[undecipherable]
[undecipherable] as the money [at] Morris [get] into my hands to [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] receive, at Doctor [undecipherable], and [undecipherable]
of returns as well [as] [undecipherable] immediately for [undecipherable] for [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] and [undecipherable] [subscription?] or money, [as] now
Notes being as good to answer my other purposes
[undecipherable] [compleat] the [great?] amount of the last [undecipherable]
The contract [respecting] the first [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
[other] measures for obtaining the [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
lines of [that] Months — I wish [therefore] [undecipherable]
[obtain] from Mr Morris his [interest?] [undecipherable]
at the commencement of [that] month
Notes into my hands, for the purposes, [of] [so] I [shall]
[obtain] the specie
[undecipherable] [to] have the money [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] for the payments
I [advise?] you [undecipherable] [to] [estimate?] [about] [the] money [last?] [before?]
[on] Morris at the commencement of the Month I
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Type
Autograph Letter fragment
Description
Discusses obtaining money for payment of Continental Army subsistence accounts
Date
03/06/1784
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Document number
1784030637001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Philip Audibert
John Pierce
Mr. Morris
continental receiver
Notable locations
West Point
West Point
Boston
Notable items
money
subsistence money
notes
purposes
payment
contrast
measures
intention
specie

