Difference in Price of Musicians' Coats
Document 1791The subscriber, having inspected the clothing furnished by Shepherd & Smith for the non-commissioned, privates, and musicians of the levies agreeable to the contract made with the Secretary of the Treasury, judges that there ought not to be any difference in price between the non-commissioned and privates but the musician's coats, made of red cloth of a better quality ought to be more than the price shown in the contract.
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[Secretary at War's Certificate respecting Clothing furnished by Mrs Smith and Shepherd]
The Subscriber having inspected the clothing furnished by Messrs Shepherd and Smith, for the non-commissioned, privates, and musicians, of the levies, agreeably to a contract made with the honorable the Secretary of the Treasury, on the thirty first day of March last, is of opinion that there ought not to be any difference of price between the non-commissioned and privates, but that the musicians coats being made of as cloth of a better quality ought to be one dollar and sixty five cents more than the sum provided in the contract.
Given at the War Office in the United States, this 6 day of June 1793.
[signed] H Knox
Secretary [undecipherable]
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Letter Signed
Description
The subscriber, having inspected the clothing furnished by Shepherd & Smith for the non-commissioned, privates, and musicians of the levies agreeable to the contract made with the Secretary of the Treasury, judges that there ought not to be any difference in price between the non-commissioned and privates but the musician's coats, made of red cloth of a better quality ought to be more than the price shown in the contract.
Date
06/06/1791
Author
Recipient
Document number
1791060600001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Oliver Wolcott, Jr., Auditor of the Treasury
Henry Knox

