Report on enlistments with the recruiting account
Document 1795Buchanan Smith is forwarding to Howell his enlistments and recruiting account. He would have transmitted it sooner but failed to enlist more men following their return from the western expedition as he had hoped to do.
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[Docket: From Jany 26. 1795 / William Buchanan Smith]
Joseph Howell Esqr
Accountants Office
[Post] Philadelphia
Baltimore Jany 26th 1795
Sir
I have forwarded my Inlistments with the Recruiting Accot and Should have done it much Sooner but expecling to Inlist Some of the Men on thier Return from the Western expedition but was Dis-apointed.
You will find by the Recruiting [undecipherable] Some of the vouchers are wanting. [remainder obscured by seal]
I am
Sir
your Obt —
Wm Buchanan Smith
J Howell Esqr
Type
Autograph Letter / Autograph Document Signed
Description
Buchanan Smith is forwarding to Howell his enlistments and recruiting account. He would have transmitted it sooner but failed to enlist more men following their return from the western expedition as he had hoped to do.
Date
01/26/1795
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Baltimore
Document number
1795012670010
Notable persons
Buchanan Smith
Joseph Howell
Notable locations
Baltimore
Accountant's Office, Philadelphia
Notable items
enlistments
recruiting accot. [account]
western expedition
vouchers