Responsibility for Procurement of Tents

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[Copy] War Departm^t. 10 Febry 1800 Sir I have received your letter dated the 8^th Inst. stating that Major Gen^l Hamilton had directed you to hire Offices for his and the Adjutant and Deputy pay master Generals accommodation, and requesting to be informed to what department it is proper to charge the Rents. viz: whether to the War or Quarter Masters Department— General Hamilton being competent to judge of the necessity for Offices to enable the Officers in question to discharge their respective duties, and having directed them to be procured, the Item of Rent, becomes properly a Charge to the Quarter Masters department— I am Sir Your Obedient Servant Signed James McHenry Eben^r Stevens Esq^r New York [undecipherable: probable reading — Sec'y McHenry / Feb — 1800 / [undecipherable] [undecipherable]]

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As to the question of whether the War Department or the Quartermaster's department should pay for the issuance of tents, since Major General Hamilton ordered the procurement of said tents, they are properly charged to the Quartermaster's department.