Account of rent paid for Stores in Philadelphia
Document 1785From Quartermaster General's Dept. and Commissary of Military Stores Dept. Account Book. An account of rents paid by the United States for stores occupied by them in Philadelphia.
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Estimate for three Teams wanted to Transport Baggage & Watle Mess, Clathing & Tools to Pittsburg 1785.
Three Waggons @$60. Penns Currency each $180—
General Knox Philadelphia October 20 1785
[Tuesday at 10 am]
An Account of Rent paid by the Unitd States for Stores occupied by them in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Nov. 19. 1785.
In magazine in Consumption. Fee 60 Penn
Muffins Store ............ 75— do
Laubs do ............ 75— do
Carpenters Hall ........ 100— do
$315——
A number of articles are in the Stores near the State House, which have been long occupied by the United States but no Rent has ever been demanded by the State of Pennsyla to whom the Store houses belong ——
Secy at War
Type
Letterbook
Description
From Quartermaster General's Dept. and Commissary of Military Stores Dept. Account Book. An account of rents paid by the United States for stores occupied by them in Philadelphia.
Date
11/19/1785
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1785111940055
Page start
14
Notable persons
Henry Knox
Mifflin
Lisle
Secretary at War
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Campington
Carpenter's Hall
the State House
Pennsylvania
Notable items
magazine
stores
articles
the United states
rent
the state of Pennsylvania
store houses

