Completing the Arms, Responsibility for Repairing Them
Document 1796Wolcott points out that the payment to the purveyor should include the cost of completing the arms but the cost of repairing them constitutes a separate responsibility to be born elsewhere.
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W D Feby 29th. 1796
Sir
The Purveyor informs me that the materials for Arms mentioned in your letter of 18th instant were purchased by him in [strikethrough: partial] fullfillment of a requisition for Musquets.
This being the Case it appears to me most regular that the expence of compleating the Arms should be paid by the Purveyor — The repairing of Arms is however a distinct object [strikethrough: properly distinguished], with which the Purveyor has no immediate concern,
Saml Hodgdon Esqr
[29th Feby 1796 / Saml Hodgdon Esqr / Recorded]
Type
Autograph Draft Letter
Description
Wolcott points out that the payment to the purveyor should include the cost of completing the arms but the cost of repairing them constitutes a separate responsibility to be born elsewhere.
Date
02/29/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Treasury Department
Repository
Collection
Document number
1796022980001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
Purveyor
Treasury
Notable locations
Treasury Department
Notable items
materials
arms
requisition
muskets
completing the arms
repairing the arms