Auditors report on the account of Henry Knox

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[H. K. & United States ending 30 June 1791] [5688] [3] June 30^th N^o 1756 Auditors Report on the Acct of Henry Knox Esq^r Commencing June 1, 1790 to ending June 30, 1791

Type

Copy of document

Description

Report, Auditor's report on the account of Henry Knox with subsequent endorsements by the Comptroller's Office, Oliver Wolcot Jr., and the Register of the Treasury, Joseph Nourse.

Date

06/30/1791

Document number

1791063015002

Page start

Note

Copied in the Register's Office by Joseph Nourse, 11/12/1792.

Notable persons

William Simmons

John Meals

John Habersham

Henry Knox

Oliver Wolcot Jr.

Notable items

rations furnished the troops for which he is to be accountable

leaving a balance due to the United States

debited in a future settlement

statements and documents on which this report is founded are herewith transmitted for the decision of the Comptroller of the Treasury

amount of the following warrants in his favor

amounting in the whole

entitled to credit for the amount of sundry disbursements under the following heads

contingencies of the War Department

War Office

Hospital Department

Quarter Masters Department

ordnance department

Indian department

surveyors department

subsistence department

sum paid by order

Secretary at War

[Secretary of War]

examined and adjusted an a/c between the United States and Henry Knox

find that he is chargeable on said a/c for the following sums

balance of his account

settled at Treasury

dollars appropriated for Indian treaties by the act of Congress

sales made of Indian goods