Discussion of Supposed Deficiency Discovered in Quartermaster Stores
Document 1798Discusses power of attorney and a recent bill drawn by Capt. Harrison for $800 in favor of Col. Sargent; admits confusion over a supposed deficiency of articles unaccounted for in the quartermaster stores. Explains that he has not tried to account for the overall quartermaster stores in his returns.
100%
⇣
No human transcription currently available for this document.
Machine transcription not yet available for this document.
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Discusses power of attorney and a recent bill drawn by Capt. Harrison for $800 in favor of Col. Sargent; admits confusion over a supposed deficiency of articles unaccounted for in the quartermaster stores. Explains that he has not tried to account for the overall quartermaster stores in his returns.
Date
01/21/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburgh
Repository
Document number
1798012180001
Page start
1
Note
Cited in Hodgdon to Wilkins, 02/09/1798.
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
John Wilkins Junior
Quartermaster General
Captain Harrison
Colonel Winthrop Sargent
treasury
Lorimer
Lorimer's Captain Butler
Notable locations
Pittsburgh
Tennessee
West Florida
Notable items
power of attorney
bill
deficiency
returns
money
quartermaster stores
books
articles