Autograph Letter Signed

Directed Payment

Knox wrote Treasury to direct payment to Neilson, but public money is insufficient to do so owing to the delays of payments by the States. Supply of Brunswick through West Point.

Directed Payment

1786

06

23

War Office

Neilson

Henry Knox

Board of Treasury

Congress

War Office

Brunswick

West Point

states

payment

account

delay

requisitions

supplies of provision

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I am
Gentlemen
Your Very Humble Servant
H Knox

Messrs. Neilson &Co
War Office June 23d. 1786
Gentlemen
I have received your favor of the 19th
instant. I have in the most pressing manner
applied to the board of treasury for to direct the
payment of your account. They admitted the
propriety of the observations and regret exceedingly
that they are unable at this moment to pay it.
The delays of the respective states are so excessive with
respect to the requisitions of Congress that the public
mustering is nearly at a stand
The board will I am convinced from
the representations that I have made them embrace
the first moment of their ability to discharge your
account. They are fully acquainted with the nature
and propriety of it, and it is the only one of the kind,
of which they have found themselves necessitated to
protract payment.
I have directed Mr. Leise as soon as six
men shall be recruited to Send them off to West Point.
This circumstance will I hope, prevent the operation of
the idea you mentioned of stopping the supplies of
provision to the navy for men who will be at a time
at Brunswick —
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