Miserable Pittance, Lottery Tickets, Etc.
Document 1791Harmar complains bitterly about his subsistence allowance which will not enable him to "keep a table" without taking from his private purse. He asks Howell to buy ten tickets in the New York lottery for him.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Harmar complains bitterly about his subsistence allowance which will not enable him to "keep a table" without taking from his private purse. He asks Howell to buy ten tickets in the New York lottery for him.
Date
01/05/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Washington
Collection
Document number
1791010555000
Note
Cited in Howell to Harmar, 04/22/1791 and Harmar to Howell, 05/27/1791.
Notable persons
Joseph Howell
Josiah Harmar
Lieutenant Armstrong
Paymaster General
Lieutenant Earnest
your friends in Congress
Beatty
Mr. Govett
Notable locations
Headquarters, Fort Washington
Fort Pitt
the Ohio
Western World
Notable items
two months pay
clothing
floating ice
subsistence allowed me
miserable pittance
my private purse
expedition against the Miami villages
New York Lottery
prizes
price of a ticket