Financial Documents
Document 1796Enclosed vouchers of provisions issued to militia, will include expenditures for the third quarter by the next post.
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Pittsburg 26th Aug 1796.
Sir
I have received your letter of the 19th instant and shall as you desire transmit you a return of Military Stores recd of the Militia Army in 1794 & since that time.
I have this day transmitted to you under cover to the Secretary of War a packet containing Vouchers of Issues & Provisions at this post During the Months of March, April, May & June 1796 accompanied by monthly abstracts — and this letter you will find accompanied by a General return for these months.
Col. Nevill has in has hands 2400 dollars the remitted to the Treasury of Pennsylvania which he has applied to me to take up and draw for that amount on you and which it is probable I may do by next post, at which time I expect to transmit an estimate of Objects of Expenditure for the 3d Quarter of the current year.
Sam. Sir
Your very obt Hle Serv.
Sam Hodgdon esqr [undecipherable]
Phila
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Enclosed vouchers of provisions issued to militia, will include expenditures for the third quarter by the next post.
Date
08/26/1796
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Collection
Document number
1796082689001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Hodgdon to Craig, 09/02/1796.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Isaac Craig
militia
Colonel Nevill
Treasury of Pennsylvania
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
post
frontier
territory
Notable items
military stores
vouchers
provisions
general return

