[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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[Ext]ract of a Letter from Brig.Gen Wilkinson, to the [Se]cretary of War — dated —
"Fort Washington, Nov. 18th 1792."
"It is with infinite pleasure, I can now bear testimony to the excellent quality of the clothing (in general) which has come to hand. But such is the confusion in the invoices, and packages, such the disproportion of the articles, that our issues are attended by much difficulty, and it is impossible for me to say, at this time, whether we have received an ample supply, or not; nor can this be ascertained, until we have broken up every package, and assorted the articles."
[Ext]ract of a letter from Samuel [undecipherable: possibly Hodgdon], commissary of [M]ilitary Stores, to Brig.Gen: Wilkinson — dated — Nov. 9th 1792.
"I left Pittsburg in October 1792; Recd [an]d receipted to major Isaac Craig for eight invoices, [a]s military public property of the United States. By re[q]uest of major Craig halted at Marietta, and delivered [clo]thing, and other Stores to Capt. Jonathan Haskell — [and] strove to complete Captain Haskell's invoice, the stores [be]ing loaded in three boats, and in such an unmilitary [manner]
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

