Ownership of Provisions at New York
Document 1799Based on an investigation of the contractor's accounts for 1798, it is obvious that the provisions that remained on hand at the beginning of the present year must be public property. If the contractors had not been paid, his own interest would have induced him to regain possession of this property
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Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Based on an investigation of the contractor's accounts for 1798, it is obvious that the provisions that remained on hand at the beginning of the present year must be public property. If the contractors had not been paid, his own interest would have induced him to regain possession of this property
Date
07/30/1799
Author
Recipient
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Treasury Department
Repository
Document number
1799073070001
Page start
1
Notable persons
William Simmons
David Rann
Notable locations
Treasury Department