Investigating various claims
Document 1790The chief clerk of the War Department informs the Commissioner of Army Accounts that Secretary Knox wants the claims of four different soldiers and officers investigated; encloses papers and petitions for each claimant.
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[Letter / from the Secry of War / 20th April 1790]
War Office
April 20 1790
Sir.
The Secretary of war desires you will please to examine into the state of the Claims of Nathaniel Fox — Basil Middleton, Elisha Curtis and Josiah Harris whose several petitions, with the papers in support of each, are herewith enclosed — and report to him the merits of the same.
I am Sir
Yr Mo obt Servt
Caleb Swan
Joseph Howell jr
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Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
The chief clerk of the War Department informs the Commissioner of Army Accounts that Secretary Knox wants the claims of four different soldiers and officers investigated; encloses papers and petitions for each claimant.
Date
04/20/1790
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Office
Document number
1790042015001
Page start
1
Note
Swan - as chief clerk for the War Department - is writing for War Secretary Henry Knox.
Notable persons
Joseph Howell
Caleb Swan
Henry Knox
Secretary of War
Nathaniel Tiox
Basil Middleton
Elisha Curtis
Josiah Curtis
Commissioner of Army Accounts
claimant
soldiers
officers
clerk for war department
Notable locations
War Office