Requests Money
Document 1792Writes to the Secretary of War requesting money for the Quartermaster Department and the most secure way of sending money. Includes documentation for postal notes with a list of bills needed.
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Col: Samuel Snyder Pittsburgh October 17th 1792
Sir, I have the honor to write to the [undecipherable]
to the Secretary of War requesting the necessity of advancing the sum of
fifty thousand dollars for use of the Quarter Master Department —
You will please to apply for this money and [undecipherable] it to me [per?]
[undecipherable], I am of opinion that [draft?] Notes on my name would
[undecipherable] in any case by the [Post?] — [undecipherable] you have the [Denomination?]
Type
Letterbook
Description
Writes to the Secretary of War requesting money for the Quartermaster Department and the most secure way of sending money. Includes documentation for postal notes with a list of bills needed.
Date
10/17/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburg
Collection
Document number
1792101780001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Colonel Samuel Hodgdon
James O'Hara
Henry Knox
Secretary of War
Quartermaster Department
Quartermaster General
Notable locations
post
Pittsburgh
Department of War
Notable items
money
post notes
denomination
gold
dollars
regulated gold