Explanation of the Vouchers Suspended by the Comptroller in the Accounts of John Wilkins Jr.
Document 1800General Account of expenditures by Quarter Master General which were suspended by Comptroller and now admitted after receipt of additional vouchers. Chart lists number of voucher, date of payment, to whom and where paid, description of articles or services.
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General Account of Expenditures by the Quarter Master General or his Agents from July 1795 to 4 February 1798, being the same which were suspended by the Comptroller of the Treasury on a Settlement made September 1795, and now admitted in consequence of additional Vouchers and more general Authority from the Secretary of War.
No. | Date of Payment | To whom paid | Where paid | Nature of Articles purchased, services rendered and terms of performance and by whose authority | [Quarter Master Department]
1 | 8 Sept 1797 | Samuel Henley | Fort Wayne | for his Pay and Subsistence as conductor of Military Stores from 3 June to 31 August 1797 $30Ds a mo. + [undecipherable] a day | admitted
2 | 5, 4 Oct[?] | Frances Jones | Pittsburg | for his services transporting public money from Cincinnati to [undecipherable] from 8 June to 14 Aug 97 & for expenses of ten public horses for 16 days of said time | admitted | 123 44
3 | 1, 2 Oct[?] | James Lang | [ditto] | for a Cable delivered [undecipherable] 280lb. $[undecipherable]/8 lb | ditto | 52 22
4 | [blank] | Margaret Duncan | [ditto] | for 317 Bushels Coal | ditto | 10 65
5 | 15, 7 June | John [undecipherable: probable reading Donence] | Cincinnati | for money expended by [undecipherable] at Fort St. Clair in November 1795 and at F[ort] Hamilton in March 1797 for fodder for two public horses | admitted
6 | 1, 19 [?] | Samuel Henley | F[ort] Washington | for his Pay + Subsistence [as?] conductor of Military Stores from 4 March to 3 June 1797 $30Ds a mo + 2 rations a day | ditto
7 | [?] 22 | J. M. Woodson | [ditto] | by [assignment?] [undecipherable] of sundry Carpenters, waggoners, Labourers &c for their services between Feb[ruary] 1795 & June 1797 | ditto
8 | 2, 4, 2 Oct[?] | Mathew Kelly | Detroit | for his pay as a [undecipherable] the [undecipherable] from 18 June to 31 Oct. 1797 $4[Ds?] a m[onth?] | ditto | 77 75
9 | [?] 17 Aug[?] | Rod Pole | Pittsburg | to reimburse him by order of the Sect. of War for so much lost or stolen from him | admitted | 16 [undecipherable]
10 | 10, 11 Feb[?] | Noah P. Hopkins | F[ort] Washington | for Clerk hire in Nov[ember] and Dec. 95 | admitted | 21[?]
11 | 11, 23 March | J. M. Woodson | [ditto] | for extra services as Pay[master?] to the Quarter Master Depart. from 10 Oct 95 to 4 March 1797 $10s a mo | ditto | 170[?]
12 | 12, 24 [?] | Samuel Henley | Greenville | for his Pay + Sub[sistence?] as [Quarter?] Master from 1 Oct 95 to 3 March 97 $30Ds a mo + [undecipherable] a day | ditto | 218[?]
13 | 13, 10 May | N. P. Hopkins | F[ort] Washington | for Clerk hire from 1 [?] to 3 March 97 $10s a mo. 12lb Candles in the Quarter Masters Office [undecipherable] + 15 Bushels Corn for Fort Hamilton 11Ds[undecipherable] | ditto | 14[?]
14 | [?] 22 Aug 1796 | [undecipherable: probable reading Toussaint] Chiene | Detroit | for apprehending and delivering to Col. Hamtramck a deserter from Detroit | ditto
15 | [?] 24 [?] | James [undecipherable] | [ditto] | for sundries furnished in Aug 96 to L. Campbell for the garrison of Detroit + Certif. of Capt. DeBults | admitted | 311 42
16 | 13 [?] July 1797 | James O'Hara | [ditto] | for sundry groceries furnished on the order of the Commander in Chief for the Indian Department at Detroit in July 1797 | ditto
17 | 3, 12 Oct[?] | Samuel Henley | Fort Wayne | for his Pay + Sub[sistence?] as Conductor of Military Stores for Sept. 97 $30Ds a mo + [undecipherable] a day | admitted | [undecipherable] 728 95[?]
18 | 4, 3 Jan[?] 1798 | Matthias Kelly | Detroit | for his regimental pay as [private?] for 1 mo. + 25 days ending 31 Dec 97 $4[Ds?] a mo | [undecipherable]
19 | [?] 9 Feb[?] | George Rich | [ditto] | for [undecipherable] from 16 July to 31 Dec. 97 $4[Ds?] | ditto | 7 46
20 | [?] 16 July 1796 | Liona Taylor, Jun[r.] | F[ort] Washington | for which he is held accountable to the Accountant of the War Department by order of Gen[eral] Wayne | admitted | [undecipherable] page 22[?] | 120[?]
21 | [?] 17 Nov[?] | Capt. Rob[t.] Sparks | [ditto] | for [undecipherable] do | ditto
22 | 1, 29 May 1797 | Capt. S. Van Rensselaer | [ditto] | for [undecipherable] do [undecipherable] of Gen[eral] Wilkinson | ditto
23 | 2, 29 Oct[?] 1796 | Capt. John [undecipherable] | Livingston | for [undecipherable] do | ditto | 313 80
24 | [?] 7 Nov[?] | L[ieutenan]t M. [undecipherable] 1 Reg[iment?] | Detroit | for [undecipherable] do | ditto | 1000[?]
25 | [?] 12 Nov[?] | Patrick M. Neff | [ditto] | for surveys and drafts made of Lake Erie, Detroit &c for the War Dept. [paid?] by order of Gen[eral?] W[ayne?] | admitted | 25[?]
26 | 1, 16 Aug[?] 1797 | J. Schieffelin | [ditto] | for his service as Agent + Interpreter to the [Indian?] Department by order of Gen[eral] Wilkinson | ditto | 160[?]
27 | [?] 3 Oct[?] 1796 | Capt. John [undecipherable] | [ditto] | for contingent money conducting Indians to [undecipherable] for which he is accountable [?] order of Gen[eral?] [Wayne?] | admitted
$[?] 1336.55
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Type
Document
Description
General Account of expenditures by Quarter Master General which were suspended by Comptroller and now admitted after receipt of additional vouchers. Chart lists number of voucher, date of payment, to whom and where paid, description of articles or services.
Date
1800
Author
Document number
1800999915001
Page start
1
Notable persons
John Wilkins Jr
Quartermaster General
Comptroller
agents
Samuel Henley
Francis Jones
James Lang
Margaret Duncan
John Torrents
I M Woodson
Mathew Kelley
Red Pole
Noah P. Hopkins
Toussaint Chesne
James May
James O'Hara
Matthew Helley
George Rich
Lieutenant Jonathan Taylor
Captain Richard Sparks
Captain S. Van Rensselaer
Captain John Webb
Lieutenant M. Lewis
Patrick McNiff
J Schieffelin
Captain John Heth
paymaster
conductor of military stores
carpenters
wagoners
laborers
Secretary of War
Colonel Hamtramck
deserter
Lieutenant Campbell
Captain DeButts
Indian Department
General Wayne
General Wilkinson
interpreter
Indians
officers
mechanics
Notable locations
Fort Wayne
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Fort Washington
Detroit
Greenville
Lexington
Knoxville
Fort St. Clair
Fort Hamilton
Lake Erie
Philadelphia
Notable items
account of expenditures
suspended
settlement
vouchers
payment
pay
subsistence
services
public money
cable
reimburse
clerk hire
apprehending
sundries
groceries
surveys
drafts
contingent money
public horses
rations
lost or stolen
candles
panes of glass
bushels of corn
garrison
purchases not destined for immediate consumption or use
expenses
gallies
galleys
vessels
transportation
things
pay of the army
legal pay
incidental expenses
counting expenses
advances
receipt


