Enclosed Financial Documents
Document 1795Enclosed general return, statement of whisky received, abstract of expenditures of Quartermaster's Dept., and other abstracts. Vouchers for expenses of Ohio mail submitted, requested they be examined.
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Sir, Pittsburg 20 Feby 1795
I have herewith inclosed a General return of Stores commencing the 1st July & ending the 31 December together with a statement of whisky received, forwarded to the several Posts, Issued at this place & on hand, commencing 29 April 1794 & ending 31 Decr inclusive. — An Abstract of Expenditures an Qr Masters Department at this Post & its dependencies commencing 8th July 1794, and ending 27 January 1795 inclusive, A Similar abstract of this day transmitted to the Comptroller of the Treasury accompanied by the relative Vouchers & a Duplicate of the return of Stores — An Abstract of Expenditures in establishing & Supporting the
Ohio Mail together with the corresponding Vouchers is also enclosed herewith, for assuming, that it might be agreeable to you to inspect a Statement of that business previous to its being submitted to the present Post Master General.
You will please to observe that the accounts of the Master & crew of Boat No 3 is not included in the Statement. Major [undecipherable] on his way to Head Quarters engaged to pay off and transmit the Act of No 3, his being detained by the ice has prevented it arriving so early as I expected as soon as it comes to hand it shall be sent forward to the Post master General.
I am with great respect
for your obt Hble Servt
Doubls Isaac Craig
Timothy Pickering
Secretary of War.
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed general return, statement of whisky received, abstract of expenditures of Quartermaster's Dept., and other abstracts. Vouchers for expenses of Ohio mail submitted, requested they be examined.
Date
02/20/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1795022054001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Timothy Pickering
Isaac Craig
master
crew
Post Master General
Quartermaster General
Comptroller of the Treasury
Major Abraham Kirkpatrick
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
post office
Ohio River
mail route
headquarters
Notable items
general return of stores
abstract
expenditures
whisky
whiskey
statement
voucher
duplicate
Ohio mail
account of the master and crew
boat

