Refutation of Financial Impropriety

Item

Type

Letter

Title

Refutation of Financial Impropriety

Description

Greene enclosed letters and certificates to refute rumors of financial impropriety in his contracts with Charleston merchants to supply his army with clothing. Greene wants to give Lincoln the letters necessary to silence any insinuations that may arise in Virginia. Malicious reports have also appeared in South Carolina concerning improper financial dealings between Banks and Morris.

year created

1783

month created

02

day created

05

author

Nathaniel Greene

sent from location

South Carolina, Head Quarters

recipient

Benjamin Lincoln

in collection

Second Congress: Transcribed Reports and Other Communications Transmitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of the Treasury, 1st Congress, 3d Session-2d Congress, 1st Session, 1791-1792, Vol. II & 2d Congress, 1st-2d Sessions, 1792, Vol. III; 2d Congress, 2d Session-4th Congress, 1st Session, 1793-1795 Vol IV [2C-A1] (RG 233) {M1268, rolls 4&5}

in image

NOE09

content note

Letter titled "Extract of a letter from Major General Greene to Major General Lincoln Secretary at War." All letters in (n)oe09 seem to be associated with document imaged on oe09 but not assigned a document number which is a certification by John Stagg that the documents are true copies taken fron the files of the War Dept. Document is dated 23 Dec. 1791.
This particular letter seems to have had as enclosures the certificate from Banks and Greene's letter of 11 Nov. 1782.

notable person/group

Benjamin Lincoln
Nathaniel Greene
Mr. Banks
General Scott
Governor of Virginia

notable location

South Carolina, Head Quarters
headquarters South Carolina
Virginia
Charleston

notable item/thing

idle surmise
improper curiosity
unjust complexion
transaction
measures
clothing
speculation
private emolument
fear
rumers
liberty
certificate
letter
full knowledge
transaction
information
insinuations
affair
justice
friendship
reports
bills
defiance
all the world
tax
improper connections
suspicions

notable phrase

Greene bids "defiance to all the world to tax me with improper connections, so I will not I will not suffer even suspicions to circulate without control."

document number

1783020590101

page start

1

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[view document] (6 pages) NOE09 (6 pages) Collection: Second Congress: Transcribed Reports and Other Communications Transmitted to the House of Representatives by the Secretary of the Treasury, 1st Congress, 3d Session-2d Congress, 1st Session, 1791-1792, Vol. II & 2d Congress, 1st-2d Sessions, 1792, Vol. III; 2d Congress, 2d Session-4th Congress, 1st Session, 1793-1795 Vol IV [2C-A1] (RG 233) {M1268, rolls 4&5} M1268, roll 4

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Nathaniel Greene South Carolina, Head Quarters [n/a]
Recipient Benjamin Lincoln [unknown] [n/a]