Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts
Description
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts discussing the counterfeited certificates, Major Amos Morril, and Governor Thomas Chittenden of Vermont.
year created
1786
month created
08
day created
07
author
sent from location
Water Town
recipient
in collection
in image
author note
John Pierce
recipient note
Simon Jackson
notable person/group
Simon Jackson
John Pierce
Thomas Chittenden
governor
Amos Morrill
John Phelon
Nicholas Gilman
notable location
Water Town
Vermont
New Hampshire
Allen Town
Boston
notable item/thing
Certificates
counterfeiting
document number
1786080721355
page start
116
transcription
117
Authority there will undoubtedly deliver him to the Authority of Vermont undoubtedly deliver him to the Government of N. York_ in order to induce the latter. I have Written a Letter to Gov. Chittendon to use if you find Occasion. If You find that Phelan is gone into N. Hampshire_ I wish You to be very Attentive if he has any connexion with Major^ Amos Morrill, whether he has been at Epsom or near there to see him. + if you make any Material discoveries respecting Morrill I wish you as privately as Possible to Communicate them to Nicholas Gilman Esq. at Exeter You must use great caution in the whole of this business to keep yourself and your Views altogether a Secret for which Purpose you had better give out that you are going to some other part of the Country for some other business if you can find a good Conveyance I shall wish to be informed of every Material discovery you make from time to time direct your Letters to me at New York, there is a Geo. Evans at Allen Town in New Hampshire who was taken up in Boston for passing Counterfeited Certificates with whom Suspect Morrill is Connected. if You go near him I wish you to make as great a discovery of + from him as you can, whatever your reasonable expenses come to and for your time I will be myself Personally responsible for the payment.
I am
JP
M. Simon Jackson
Authority there will undoubtedly deliver him to the Authority of Vermont undoubtedly deliver him to the Government of N. York_ in order to induce the latter. I have Written a Letter to Gov. Chittendon to use if you find Occasion. If You find that Phelan is gone into N. Hampshire_ I wish You to be very Attentive if he has any connexion with Major^ Amos Morrill, whether he has been at Epsom or near there to see him. + if you make any Material discoveries respecting Morrill I wish you as privately as Possible to Communicate them to Nicholas Gilman Esq. at Exeter You must use great caution in the whole of this business to keep yourself and your Views altogether a Secret for which Purpose you had better give out that you are going to some other part of the Country for some other business if you can find a good Conveyance I shall wish to be informed of every Material discovery you make from time to time direct your Letters to me at New York, there is a Geo. Evans at Allen Town in New Hampshire who was taken up in Boston for passing Counterfeited Certificates with whom Suspect Morrill is Connected. if You go near him I wish you to make as great a discovery of + from him as you can, whatever your reasonable expenses come to and for your time I will be myself Personally responsible for the payment.
I am
JP
M. Simon Jackson
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (361 pages) | DEL01 (361 pages) | Collection: Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853) | V:134; P:116 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | John Pierce | Water Town | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Simon Jackson | [unknown] | [n/a] |