Suspicions surrounding an official
Item
Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter
Title
Suspicions surrounding an official
Description
Letter from the Commissioner of Army Accounts regarding suspicions surrounding a particular official; mentions working with the Attorney General.
year created
1786
month created
09
day created
23
author
sent from location
New York
recipient
in image
note
This letter is not signed but is probably written by John Pierce.
Partially illegible.
Partially illegible.
notable person/group
Samuel Barret
John Pierce
John Placton (?)
Morrill
Attorney General
Phelan
Phelon
Commissioner of Army Accounts
notable location
New York
notable item/thing
papers
account
suspicions
document number
1786092321001
page start
1
transcription
Sep 23d 1786
[Undecipherable]
29694
New York Sep 18th 1786
Sir
The return of M. Phelon as inclosed information contained in your Letter of the 1[undecipherable date] is somewhat surprising and occasions me to believe Morrill and he have agreed to brave all inquiries and examinaitons on a supposition that they will [ink blot: word might be "be"] cleared for want of sufficient evidence, and in case of worst, [undecipherable] [undecipherable] incur only a forfeiture of their bonds_ this is you will however have a better opportunity to judge in this and any other circumstance which shall convince you of his innocence or guilt better than [undecipherable] the many circumstances which tend to confirm [undecipherable] by letter will undoubtedly induce the authority than to keep him from [undecipherable] further [undecipherable] for the depositions and other papers respecting him. I have inclosed to the Attorney General [undecipherable] and have given him undecipherable an account of the circumstances which have confirmed the suspicions of him.
I have am taking other steps to obtain [undecipherable] evidence respecting him.
By this time I hope Morrill is again [undecipherable] and I have no doubt but that the whole [undecipherable: thing?] will soon come to view. I have reinclosed the papers sent me as they can be of no service unless the [undecipherable next 2 lines: possibly mentions "blank originals"]
[Undecipherable]
29694
New York Sep 18th 1786
Sir
The return of M. Phelon as inclosed information contained in your Letter of the 1[undecipherable date] is somewhat surprising and occasions me to believe Morrill and he have agreed to brave all inquiries and examinaitons on a supposition that they will [ink blot: word might be "be"] cleared for want of sufficient evidence, and in case of worst, [undecipherable] [undecipherable] incur only a forfeiture of their bonds_ this is you will however have a better opportunity to judge in this and any other circumstance which shall convince you of his innocence or guilt better than [undecipherable] the many circumstances which tend to confirm [undecipherable] by letter will undoubtedly induce the authority than to keep him from [undecipherable] further [undecipherable] for the depositions and other papers respecting him. I have inclosed to the Attorney General [undecipherable] and have given him undecipherable an account of the circumstances which have confirmed the suspicions of him.
I have am taking other steps to obtain [undecipherable] evidence respecting him.
By this time I hope Morrill is again [undecipherable] and I have no doubt but that the whole [undecipherable: thing?] will soon come to view. I have reinclosed the papers sent me as they can be of no service unless the [undecipherable next 2 lines: possibly mentions "blank originals"]
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | YZI13 (3 pages) | Collection: Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript file) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) | B: 380 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | John Pierce | New York | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Samuel Barrett | [unknown] | [n/a] |