Letter of Instruction to Mr. Howell
Document 1792Wolcott, the Comptroller, issues instructions on handling Army finances to Howell, the Commissioner of Army Accounts;
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
Wolcott, the Comptroller, issues instructions on handling Army finances to Howell, the Commissioner of Army Accounts;
Date
08/13/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Treasury Department
Document number
1792081370001
Page start
1
Note
A sixteen page document.
Notable persons
Joseph Howell, Commissioner of Army Accounts
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
Secretary of the Treasury [Hamilton]
Paymaster General [Caleb Swan]
Treasurer [Samuel Meredith]
Notable locations
Treasury Department
Pay Office
Notable items
forms for keeping and rendering the acounts of your office
balances
advances
abstract of all balances
alphabetical order
personal accounts
Warrants on the Treasurer
Pay of the Army
Expenses of Recruiting
Subsistance of Officers
Forage of Officers
Bounties to Soldiers
Contingent Expenses
warrants in favor of the troops