Explains Charged Accounts and Mismanagement
Document 1800Claims to not have received pertinent information from his superiors as to how to handle accounts correctly. Explains the various accounts and charges--for example, he inadvertently charged the clothing department instead of the military department. He refers to verbal requests without written records, Indian annuities, and references various titles and people requesting various amounts and items.
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Letterbook Copy
Description
Claims to not have received pertinent information from his superiors as to how to handle accounts correctly. Explains the various accounts and charges--for example, he inadvertently charged the clothing department instead of the military department. He refers to verbal requests without written records, Indian annuities, and references various titles and people requesting various amounts and items.
Date
11/06/1800
Recipient
Repository
Document number
1800110670001
Page start
1
Note
Israel Whelen is Purveyor
Notable persons
William Simmons
Clothing Department
Military Department
Hospital Department
Quartermasters Department
Francis Brown
J.R.B. Nicholson
John Smith
Shawnees
General St. Clair
Accountant War Department
Purveyor's office
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Fort Mifflin
Northwest Territory
Fort Washington
Washington
Notable items
accounts
charges
clothing
records
Indian annuities
medicine
hospital stores