[Extract of a Letter] Inaccurate Vouchers
Document 1792Clothing received but vouchers are inaccurate and therefore all packages must be inventoried before Wilkinson knows if they received the proper number.
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[extract] of a letter from Brig Gen [Wilkinson] to the
Secretary of War — dated —
Fort Washington, Novr th 1792.
"It is with infinite pleasure, I here now
bear testimony to the excellent quality of the Clo-
thing (in general) which has come to hand, the
fault is the confusion in the invoices, and pack-
ages, [and] the disproportion of the articles that
we [issue] are attended by much difficulty, and
It is impossible for me to pay at this time, whe-
ther we have received our ample Supply or not,
nor can this be ascertained, until we have broke
up every package, and opened the articles."
[extract] of a letter from Samuel Ste[ele?], commissary of
[military] Stores to Brig Gen [Wilkinson] — dated — Nov 9 1792.
"I left [Pittsburg] in October 1792, [and]
delivered to major [Sears] [being] for eight invoices
military public property of the [United] States. By re-
ceipt of major being halted at [Marietta], and delive-
ring things, and also given to Capt Jonathan [Haskell] —
[move] to complete Captain [Haskell]'s invoice, [as from]
[noted] in this book, and as [such] an [undecipherable]
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Clothing received but vouchers are inaccurate and therefore all packages must be inventoried before Wilkinson knows if they received the proper number.
Date
11/18/1792
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Fort Washington
Collection
Document number
1792111854001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Henry Knox
James Wilkinson
Notable locations
Fort Washington
Notable items
clothing
invoices
packages

