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Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts
01/20/1785 LetterbookJohn Pierce sends to Mr. White a letter containing instructions on how best to handle payment and accounting errors.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Letter from the Board of Treasury
06/27/1785 LetterbookWalter Livingston and Samuel Osgood issue a book of blank drafts to Pierce. Pierce is to sign these drafts to address arrearages.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Letter from Mr. Kean sufficient to lay before Congress
12/07/1785 Letterbook CopyDelivered copy of Pierce's letter from Kean to Mr. Pinckney. The latter indicated this would be sufficient to lay before congress. The business of Howell's office does not require Pierce's presence, …
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Letter from Congress to the Governor of Rhode Island
06/09/1785 Autograph Letter SignedLetter, discusses Invalid pensions; alludes to Revolutionary War; mentions state governments.
Letters to Geovernor (L1).
Letter from Congress to the Governor of Rhode Island
05/31/1785 Autograph Letter SignedLetter, discusses pay due to veterans of the Revolutionary War.
Letters to Geovernor (L1).- No image
Land Ordinance of 1785 for ascertaining the mode of disposing Lands in the Western territory
05/20/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentCongress publishes the Land Ordinance of 1785 on 20 May. Congress issues guidance for the marking, mapping, subdivision, and sale lands in the western territory. An Ordinance for ascertaining the …
Printed Versions 
Lack of adequate military stores
05/17/1785 Autograph Letter SignedNathaniel Irish sends to Samuel Hodgdon a letter in which he offers his opinions on the lack of adequate arsenals and magazines for military stores in Virginia.
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Knox notifies contractor of suspension of recruiting
11/03/1785 Autograph Letter SignedHenry Knox, Secretary at War, notifies Clement Biddle, contractor, that following the march of Captain Zeigler's company the recruiting service will be suspended. Knox directs Biddle to forward his …
Independence Hall Autograph Collection.
Knox Discusses the Board of Treasury's Proposals with Contractor Biddle
12/06/1785 Autograph Letter SignedSecretary at War discusses the contract for the supply of troop rations along the Ohio with Clement Biddle.
Henry Knox Papers
Keeping the Peace
09/25/1785 Copy of documentPacan, Chief of the Upper Miami Towns, speaks to General Clark and the Commissioners of Indian Affairs at Post St. Vincent. Pacan desires peace and blames Alexander McKee for fomenting hostilities …
William Clark Papers- No image
Journal of meetings at Hopewell, South Carolina, on Keowee
11/18/1785 Printed or published transcription/modern copyCommissioners of United States, in Congress, assembled to treat with Cherokees, and all other Indians southward of them, within limits of United States. Commissioners ordered a return of Indians; …
Printed Versions - No image
Journal of Commissioners at Treaty of Hopewell, South Carolina delivered to Congress
12/02/1785 Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/DocumentCommissioners give an account of the Treaty proceedings. Number of Cherokee attendees was 918. Relate that they explained cession of territory from King of Great Britain in wake of Revolutionary War. …
Printed Versions - No image
Journal of Commissioners at Treaty of Hopewell, South Carolina
11/21/1785 Printed or published transcription/modern copyEntry reports that Headmen and warriors of Cherokees assembled. Ordered that interpreters inform Indians that commissioners will meet the following day at 10 o'clock, under the bower erected for that …
Printed Versions 
Invitation to a Peace Treaty Between the United States and Indian Nations
07/31/1785 Autograph Letter SignedGeorge Rogers Clark and Richard Butler, acting as Commissioners of Indian Affairs, issue a notice of treaty to be held on 1 October 1785 with the Indians of the Western District Nations. This notice …
Northwest Territory Collection, M367
Instructions to reconcile accounts
10/06/1785 Contemporary Copy of Letter made from Author's FilesThe Commissioner of Army Accounts forwards copies of the register of accounts for the Georgia Line to Ebenezer Jackson. Pierce provides Jackson with instructions to reconcile these accounts in …
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Instructions for closing office
06/13/1785 Draft DocumentJohn Pierce sends John White instructions for closing his office. Pierce instructs White to advertise a deadline by which local claims are to be filed with White's office. After this deadline, …
Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript File) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859)
Inquiry regarding Captain Nicholas Ruseton Moore
04/19/1785 Letterbook CopyInquiry regarding when Captain Nicholas Ruseton Moore of Maryland Horse, left the army. Suggests it might appear on muster roll as a Lieutenant.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
Inquiries regarding accounts
11/15/1785 Letterbook CopyInquiries regarding accounts of Captain Robert Patten, Edward Evans, and James Smith.
Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)
