Letter Signed

Payment Comes Through for Colonel Humphrey's Corps

Notifies Wadsworth that Knox has obtained 2 warrants for pay of Col. Humphrey's corps from the Board of Treasury. As a sign of trust in Wadsworth, Knox has made the warrants payable to him. Wadsworth is to hold the money until the exact amounts due are figured out from Humphrey's muster rolls and payrolls, then pay it out.

Payment Comes Through for Colonel Humphrey's Corps

1787

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War Office

Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth

Henry Knox

Board of Treasury

William Imlay

Colonel Humphreys' corps

paymaster

War Office

Connecticut

warrants

Continental taxes

discharge the arrearages

public purposes

payment

duplicate receipts

money

subjet to my order

musters

accounts

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HKnox April 21st
1787
War Office April 21st, 1787
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Sir
In consequence of your favor of the 15'th instant, I have obtained two warrants from the Board of Treasury, on William Imlay Esq: receiver of Continental taxes, for the State of Connecticut; one, for 3,000, and the other for 1,500 dollars which are to discharge the arrearages to Colonel Humphreys's corps, and for other public purposes, for the payment of both of which, I beg your influence. Encouraged by your kind offers, I have endorsed these warrants, payable to you, and now enclose them, and request you to be so good as to forward me, immediately, duplicate receipts, of the tenor herein enclosed, for the same - You will also please to inform me when you shall receive the money for the same, which you will please to hold subject to my order.
As soon as Colonel Humphreys will forward the musters, and accounts, a warrant will be issued, by me, on the paymaster, for the precise sum which shall be found due.
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I have the honor to be,
Sir
Your most obedient and
very humble Servant
HKnox
Col. Jeremiah Wadsworth