Records Lost Due to Fire; Request List of Invalids
Document 1800Reports destruction of all paper files by fire. Requests an official list of invalids from the last half of the year.
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[War Department
D Letter]
[FREE]
John Pierce Esquire
Commissioner of loans New Hampshire
Portsmouth
[Sending [undecipherable] / Nov [undecipherable] 1800 / not being [undecipherable] / [undecipherable]]
Duplicate 1 War Department
Nov. 10. 1800.
Sir,
I have to announce to you the total destruction of the Records and papers of my Office by fire, on the evening of Saturday last and to request that you will immediately on receipt hereof, forward the list of Invalids for the last half year or a certified copy thereof.
I am Sir,
very respectfully,
Your obt. servant
Sam'l Dexter
John Pierce Esquire
Type
Autograph, Contemporaneous or Certified Copy, Signed
Description
Reports destruction of all paper files by fire. Requests an official list of invalids from the last half of the year.
Date
11/10/1800
Author
Recipient
Sent from
War Department
Collection
Document number
1800111000001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Pierce
Samuel Dexter
invalids
Notable locations
War Department
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Notable items
loans
records
papers
fire
list of invalids