Due Bill for Major Henry Gaither
Document 1791This is an account by Matt. Earnest, for Wm. Duer, of the inadequate performance by contractors and their agents and the subsequent controversy between the US and the contractors regarding the payment for their services and the inability of officers to draw a cash payment to cover the cost of their rations so they were issued a "due bill" in lieu thereof.
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Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Description
This is an account by Matt. Earnest, for Wm. Duer, of the inadequate performance by contractors and their agents and the subsequent controversy between the US and the contractors regarding the payment for their services and the inability of officers to draw a cash payment to cover the cost of their rations so they were issued a "due bill" in lieu thereof.
Date
11/27/1791
Author
Sent from
Fort Washington
Collection
Document number
1791112790000
Note
Enclosed in Fitzsimons, 05/08/1792.
Notable persons
Matt Earnest
contractors for supplies
Commander in Chief
Israel Ludlow, one of the contractor's agents
persons employed by the agents of the contractor
the army
officers
Major H. Gaither
Mr. Wilson
Notable locations
Fort Washington
Fort Washington
Miami village
Notable items
terms of contract
horses
transportation of supplies
seventeen thousand dollars
the treasury
bells, hopples, and other necessaries
gross mismanagement
others rendered unfit for service
packhorses
necessary quantity of flour
whole of the rations to which their rank entitled them
contract price
cash
money for this purpose
general order
certificate from the contractor's agent, called a due bill
one hundred and seventy three complete rations
Mr. Wilson's certificate
St. Clair defeat