Ensuring that Full Justice Is Done to the Public, Etc.
Document 1799Amidst a lengthy discussion of the stores and arms at West Point, Fleming assures Hodgdon that he has done all in his power to minutely examine the military and quartermaster's stores that the various Secretaries of War have indicated were of the first moment. That would include purchasing materials, hiring workmen and teams at the lowest rate, paying the workmen, and generally superintending the whole operation so that full justice is done to the public.
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Autograph Letter Signed
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Amidst a lengthy discussion of the stores and arms at West Point, Fleming assures Hodgdon that he has done all in his power to minutely examine the military and quartermaster's stores that the various Secretaries of War have indicated were of the first moment. That would include purchasing materials, hiring workmen and teams at the lowest rate, paying the workmen, and generally superintending the whole operation so that full justice is done to the public.
Date
10/18/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
West Point
Repository
Document number
1799101880201
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Major George Fleming
Secretary of War
workmen
teams
Henry Knox
Houdin
Notable locations
New York
West Point
garrison
Notable items
purchase
military stores
quartermaster stores
materials
pay
French musket