Estimate of Quartermaster Generals Expenses in 1797

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[underline: General Statement] Amount of Cash paid Annually in the Quarter Masters Department on an average from the 8^th September 1792 to 1^st January 1797 is Doll: 206,630.⁷⁰ [underline: Particular Statement.] Suppose 70 Waggon loads of Goods are forwarded from Philadelphia for the use of the Troops in the year 1797, the expence will be 7,800.— It is probable a like number of Loads may be forwarded for the Indian Department 7,800.— Transportation in the State of Tennessee may probably amount to ············ 4,400.— Dollars 20,000.— I am of opinion that the balance of 42,542.⁷⁰ Doll: inserted in the Statement will be fully equal [strikethrough: to this] to the discharge of the sums due in the Quarter Master Department for the year 1797. Philadelphia 24^th January 1797 Samuel Hodgdon

Type

Letterbook

Description

Hodgdon provides a statement of the likely disbursement of sums by the Quarter Master's Department in 1797.

Date

01/24/1797

Author

Samuel Hodgdon

Sent from

Philadelphia

Repository

National Archives and Records Administration

Collection

Register of Estimated Requirements for Military Supplies Kept by Samuel Hodgdon and William Irvine, Jan 1796-Feb 1805. (RG45)

Document number

1797012428055

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Notable persons

Samuel Hodgdon

Quarter Master's Department

troops

Indian Department

Notable locations

Philadelphia

Tennessee

Notable items

cash

wagon loads of goods

statement

estimate

loads

transportation

discharge of sums