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Document 1793Memo, Hodgdon argues that his pay as both Quartermaster General and Commissary of Military Stores was not unreasonable.
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[undecipherable]
I am Pay as Commissary Military
Stores from the [undecipherable] Jany. 1791 to the
15th Mar. 1794 [undecipherable] 2. From the [undecipherable] 200. 33
1000
[undecipherable] Dollars per annum — is 166. 67
A d[itto] at 2 Mo[nths] from the 15 [undecipherable]
1791 to 15 July 1792 is 16 Mon[ths]
@ 60 [undecipherable] per Month @ [undecipherable] Do[llars]
per annum — is — 960—
To Ditto as Commisst Militia [undecipherable] from
from the 15 Mar[ch] [17]91 to the
18 July 1792 is 16 months @ 1333. 33
[undecipherable] Dollars per annum — 1666. 67
To Ditto from the 18 July 1792 to
[undecipherable] 1793 is [undecipherable] months
1000
[undecipherable] Dollars per annum — [9]33. 33
2326. 67
Thus it appears that my
[undecipherable] has in the double [undecipherable]
only [undecipherable] in [undecipherable] [undecipherable] of
[undecipherable] and Commissar[y] [undecipherable] will
average at the rate of [undecipherable] Dollars
per annum for the year 1792 —
this provided [undecipherable] receives
[undecipherable] dollars per annum for his
[undecipherable] under the [undecipherable] appoint
ment at [undecipherable] — [undecipherable]
e consequently yield him nearly as much Pay
for his Services in One Department as I
demand for mine in both for the same
time — it is my [undecipherable] this claim can
be thought unreasonable —
[rough Cop[y]: undecipherable endorsement, dated [undecipherable] November 179[undecipherable]]
[Received from [undecipherable] Nov. 24, 1904 E.P.O. 401816]
Type
Document
Description
Memo, Hodgdon argues that his pay as both Quartermaster General and Commissary of Military Stores was not unreasonable.
Date
05/15/1793
Author
Document number
1793051528001
Page start
1
Note
Unsigned document in Hodgdon's hand.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
General Knox
Quartermaster General
Commissary
Notable locations
War Department
military stores

