Accounts of Colonel Darkee
Item
Type
Author's Letterbook Copy
Title
Accounts of Colonel Darkee
Description
From the letter book of Joseph Howell, Assistant Commissioner of Army Accounts in the Board of Treasury's Office of Army Accounts.
year created
1788
month created
03
day created
14
author
sent from location
Norwich
recipient
in collection
in image
note
Cited in Howell to Huntington, 05/31/1788.
content note
Although the first reference to Colonel Durkee's name appeaers to be "Darkee" the stroke at the top of the "u" does not appear to be original and there are two subsequent references to "Durkee" in the letter.
notable person/group
John Pierce
Benjamin Huntington
heirs of the late Colonel John Durkee
Colonel Durkee
Oliver Wolcott Junior
Captain Benjamin Durkee
Mr. Wolcott
notable location
Norwich
Norwich
notable item/thing
conversation
liberty
accounts
office
corrected
cleared
mistake
account
sum
state
half pay
remainder
due
deduction
certificate
settlement
United States
document number
1788031470155
page start
19
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (1 pages) | DEA01 (173 pages) | Collection: Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853) | V: 138, P: 19 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Benjamin Huntington | Norwich | [n/a] |
| Recipient | John Pierce | [unknown] | [n/a] |