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Uneasy Hours for Want of Funds

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Type

Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document

Description

Deputy Quartermaster General Belli lists the amounts transmitted to sundry contractors and laments the shortage of funds which makes it difficult even to buy pack horses.

Date

11/17/1792

Recipient

Sent from

Lexington

Document number

1792111740000

Note

Enclosed in Knox to US Senate, 12/19/1792.

Notable persons

Henry Knox
John Belli, Deputy Quartermaster General
Colonel James O'Hara, Quartermaster General
General James Wilkinson
Robert Barr
William Morton
Charles Wilkins
Alexander Scott & Co.
James Morrison
Alexander McGregor
Alexander & James Parker
William Leary
Nathan Lewis

Notable locations

Lexington

Notable items

quartermaster department
uneasy hours
want of funds
the bills
pack horses