Means of Transferring Money among Departments
Document 1792In order to adjust certain claims, the Treasury Department requires that an account should be received of all monies advanced by the War Department, with the exception of the pay of the Army,.
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[Comptroller
Jan'y 13 1792]
[Copied P.H.K.
En't Folio 120.]
Sir
C. Off. Jany 13th 1792
For the purpose of enabling this Treasury Depart[ment]
to adjust certain [strikethrough: accounts] claims which are now
Depending, it is requisite that an account
Should be received from of all monies which
have been advanced by the Department of War,
except for the pay of the Army & such [undecipherable]
items as have been usually [undecipherable: stated] in the
first instance by you [undecipherable] approved by the [undecipherable] of
The Secretary of the War Department.
You will therefore be pleased to [strikethrough: transmit]
send an account to this Office, in which
you are requested to specify the names
of the Accountants, & the times & purposes
forwhich the advances were made
I am &c
Joseph Howell De Ca[undecipherable]
Type
Autograph Draft Letter
Description
In order to adjust certain claims, the Treasury Department requires that an account should be received of all monies advanced by the War Department, with the exception of the pay of the Army,.
Date
01/13/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Treasury Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1792011370001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Joseph Howell
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
Notable locations
Treasury Department