Appointing a Confidential Agent of the Quartermaster's Department
Document 1793Craig must appoint a confidential agent of the quartermaster department if one does not already exist and balance [Lieutenant Colonel] Sprout in Marietta.
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[Extract of the Secretary of War &c, to Major Isaac Craig]
If you have no Agent of the Quarter Master Department at Big Beaver, you must appoint a confidential One, and also beloree Sprout at Marietta, for the purposes mentioned in the letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, a Copy of which is inclosed — you must write to beloree Sprout, and promise him, a Reasonable Compensation for his trouble.
I have also just a Copy of this letter to the Quarter Master General with Suitable Instructions thereon —
Type
Extract
Description
Craig must appoint a confidential agent of the quartermaster department if one does not already exist and balance [Lieutenant Colonel] Sprout in Marietta.
Date
06/1793
Author
Recipient
Collection
Document number
1793069900001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Isaac Craig
Henry Knox
Quartermasters Department
confidential agent
Colonel Sproat
Secretary of the Treasury
Quartermaster General
Notable locations
Big Beaver
Marietta
Notable items
confidential agent
reasonable compensation
suitable instruction