Fraudulent Charges by Colonel Rochefontaine at West Point
Document 1797Reports to the Secretary of War that Colonel Rochefontaine at West Point has fraudulently charged the Department for the hire of a wagon and horses that are Army property and the pay of Archibald McConnico, who is already paid as a soldier, to drive the wagon.
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Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Reports to the Secretary of War that Colonel Rochefontaine at West Point has fraudulently charged the Department for the hire of a wagon and horses that are Army property and the pay of Archibald McConnico, who is already paid as a soldier, to drive the wagon.
Date
03/02/1797
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Dept. of War Accountants Office
Document number
1797030221255
Page start
395
Notable persons
James McHenry
William Simmons
George Fleming
Colonel Rochefontaine
Archibald McConnico
army
soldier
Captain Littlefield
Congress
Notable locations
Dept. of War Accountants Office
West Point
Philadelphia
New York
Notable items
wagon
horse
muster
pay roll
public property
pay
muster roll
New York currency
public service
accounts
fraud