Certificates Due Certain Officers
Document 1791Mr. Howell's indisposition prevents him from attending the office so Cuttin is responding to Wolcott's note. The names in the note do not appear on a return of certificate yet unaccounted for by John Sherman and by the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut. Therefore they must have received them themselves or through their attorneys.
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[O. Wolcott Esqr.
6 April 1791]
Mr. Howells indisposition prevents his attending the office to day
J Meyer —
In answer to your note of this morning I would
inform you that it appears by the Accounts of the
D. Commissary [undecipherable], that the [undecipherable] were [undecipherable]
by the [undecipherable] Committee [undecipherable] [undecipherable] Accounts
for the pay of the officers mentioned in Mr [undecipherable]
[undecipherable] & put in to John Shermans hands [undecipherable]
their names do not appear in the [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable]
yet unaccounted for by John Sherman, [undecipherable]
by the Comptroller of [undecipherable] State of [undecipherable], it
is therefore presumed they must have received
them by themselves or [undecipherable]
I am most respectfully
Your
L. [undecipherable]
Type
Autograph Draft Letter Signed
Description
Mr. Howell's indisposition prevents him from attending the office so Cuttin is responding to Wolcott's note. The names in the note do not appear on a return of certificate yet unaccounted for by John Sherman and by the Comptroller of the State of Connecticut. Therefore they must have received them themselves or through their attorneys.
Date
04/06/1791
Author
Recipient
Repository
Document number
1791040637001
Page start
1
Note
Partially illegible.
Notable persons
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
L. Cuttin
Commissioner of Army Accounts
