Reports Account for Clothing Inspection
Document 1799Reports that the Secretary of War believes that the sum paid reflects the inspection for an entire year as was done previously. Consented to a different mode of settling account. Regrets that some clothing was not inspected during the fever period.
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Philadelphia, 13. March 1799.
Sir,
To pay five autpen drafts and to mee this engagement in the Quarter Masters Department, I request a warrant for Five thousand Six hundred Dollars, to be charged as usual to the Quarter Master General. —
I am,
Sir,
your most obedient Servant
Samuel Hodgdon.
5 Bills $4,600
Other demands 1,000
D$. 5,600.
James McHenry, Esqr.
Secretary of War.
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Description
Reports that the Secretary of War believes that the sum paid reflects the inspection for an entire year as was done previously. Consented to a different mode of settling account. Regrets that some clothing was not inspected during the fever period.
Date
03/19/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Philadelphia
Repository
Document number
1799031928055
Page start
406
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Mr. Stilles
Mr. Ewing
James McHenry
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Notable items
Clothing
Fever