Request for certification that Secretary of War authorized Samuel Hodgdon to make certain purchases
Document 1799Question regarding charges. Condy asks Jones whether Secretary of War directed Hodgdon to purchase a horse to accommodate Colonel John McKee to Pittsburg. Also asks whether Secretary of War ordered Hodgdon to purchase ten pieces of hessians [boots] and for what purpose. Jones answers in affirmative to both questions. Horse was purchased for use of an Indian.
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Question regarding charges. Condy asks Jones whether Secretary of War directed Hodgdon to purchase a horse to accommodate Colonel John McKee to Pittsburg. Also asks whether Secretary of War ordered Hodgdon to purchase ten pieces of hessians [boots] and for what purpose. Jones answers in affirmative to both questions. Horse was purchased for use of an Indian.
Date
05/23/1799
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Recipient
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Accountant's Office
Repository
Document number
1799052315001
Page start
1
Note
Jones replies on the same letter.
Notable persons
Nathan Jones
Jeremiah Condy
Quartermaster General
Samuel Hodgdon
agent
William Sturgis
William Rippery
Secretary of War
John Lea
General Wilkinson
Samuel Hodgdon
Colonel John McKee
Indian
Notable locations
Accountant's Office
Shippensburg
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
New York
Notable items
riding express
compensation
expenses
pattern muskets
purchase a horse
pieces of Hessians