Letter to the Board of Treasury
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Letter to the Board of Treasury
Description
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts to the Board of Treasury pertaining to certificates and one John Phelan.
year created
1786
month created
08
day created
30
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
in image
notable person/group
John Pierce
Board of Treasury
John Phelan
Jackson
notable location
New York
Boston
New Hampshire
Canada
notable item/thing
certificate
counterfeit
dispatch
document number
1786083021101
page start
1
transcription
New York August 30. 1786
Gentlemen;
On my return to Boston from New Hampshire I was informed that Jno Phelan the confidential clerk in my office who is suspected to have stolen some of my certificate Paper + to have counterfieted thereon the sercurities of the United States, was seen on the Road which leads thro' the New Hampshire Grants and that he had intimated to some of his friends that he was going to Canada, which caused me to dispatch Captain Simon Jackson to pursue him- his report of his Journey I beg leave to lay bf before the Board + to request a direction as to the steps that will now be necessary be cause to taken in apprehending Phelan.
I am with great respect &
Hon Board of Treasury
Gentlemen;
On my return to Boston from New Hampshire I was informed that Jno Phelan the confidential clerk in my office who is suspected to have stolen some of my certificate Paper + to have counterfieted thereon the sercurities of the United States, was seen on the Road which leads thro' the New Hampshire Grants and that he had intimated to some of his friends that he was going to Canada, which caused me to dispatch Captain Simon Jackson to pursue him- his report of his Journey I beg leave to lay bf before the Board + to request a direction as to the steps that will now be necessary be cause to taken in apprehending Phelan.
I am with great respect &
Hon Board of Treasury
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | CDZ06 (2 pages) | Collection: Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript file) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) | B: 38 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | John Pierce | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Board of Treasury | [unknown] | [n/a] |