Possible Impropriety in Major Tousard's Account
Document 1798Simmons points out that Major Tousard is using one driver for two teams of horses yet Colonel Mentges is paying him for the hire of two drivers. Colonel Mentges asserts that he has made this impropriety known to the Secretary of War.
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Type
Letter Signed
Description
Simmons points out that Major Tousard is using one driver for two teams of horses yet Colonel Mentges is paying him for the hire of two drivers. Colonel Mentges asserts that he has made this impropriety known to the Secretary of War.
Date
04/25/1798
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Accountant's Office
Repository
Collection
Document number
1798042521001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
William Simmons
Major Lewis Tousard
Colonel Mentges
Secretary of Treasury
Secretary of War
driver
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Fort Mifflin
Notable items
Horses
Carts
Oxen
Teams pay
voucher
certificate
yoke of oxen
impropriety