Accounting Procedures for the Expedition
Document 1791Knox instructs Hodgdon as to the accounting procedures to be used respecting pay and provisions during the impending campaign.
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Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
Knox instructs Hodgdon as to the accounting procedures to be used respecting pay and provisions during the impending campaign.
Date
06/30/1791
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1791063000000
Note
Cited in Knox to Hodgdon, 07/07/1791.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Henry Knox
paymaster
Major General Butler
levies
Mr. Swan
auditor to the army accounts
Notable locations
War Department
headquarters
Maryland
Notable items
Indian goods
provisions
expedition
pack and artillery horses
transportation of provisions
failure of the contractors
special warrant of the commander-in-chief
pay of the troops
confusion
bounty of three dollars
advanced pay
advances