Refusal to Admit Accounts of the Ordnance Department
Document 1800Craig discusses the implications of the Quartermaster General's refusal to admit the accounts of the Ordnance Department. The QMG says that since has no superintendance of that department, it would be improper for him to admit accounts of expenditures arising under it. Craig asks Hodgdon's assistance in getting the Secretary of War to pay the monies due armorers and the ordnance department.
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Letter Signed
Description
Craig discusses the implications of the Quartermaster General's refusal to admit the accounts of the Ordnance Department. The QMG says that since has no superintendance of that department, it would be improper for him to admit accounts of expenditures arising under it. Craig asks Hodgdon's assistance in getting the Secretary of War to pay the monies due armorers and the ordnance department.
Date
02/21/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Pittsburg
Document number
1800022180001
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Isaac Craig
Quartermaster General
Ordnance Department
Secretary of War
Nathaniel Campbell
armorer
James Miller
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
upper posts
Detroit
Fort Wayne
Natchez
Notable items
accounts
expenditures
pay
cleaning and repairing arms
store
military stores
appointed
bill
rivers
coffee

