Captain Jones's account

Item

Type

Author's Letterbook Copy

Title

Captain Jones's account

Description

From the letter book of Joseph Howell, Assistant Commissioner of Army Accounts in the Board of Treasury's Office of Army Accounts.
Captain Jones's widow discusses the statement of Captain Jones's account.

year created

1788

month created

04

day created

21

author

Margaret Jones

sent from location

Philadelphia

recipient

Joseph Howell

in collection

Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853)

in image

DEA01

note

Cited in Howell to Jones, 05/05/1788.

cited note

Cited document addressed to the War Office

notable person/group

Joseph Howell
Margaret Jones
Captain Jones
Mr. Morris
recruiting sergeant
drummer
fifer
recruits
Wilbburn [Wilburn]
family
Captain Howell
Doctor Malliciah Treat
Thomas Paul

notable location

Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Ticonderoga
Lisbon
York

notable item/thing

statement
account
16 or 17 November 1776
return
enlisted
recruiting
April 1777
rations
granaries
biscuit
bread
house
Wilbburn's account
paid
dependence
allowed
power
family
sailed
letter
papers
dollars
paper
amount
pounds
settle
favor
street
letters

document number

1788042170099

page start

27

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[view document] (2 pages) DEA01 (173 pages) Collection: Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853) V: 138, P: 27-28

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Margaret Jones Philadelphia [n/a]
Recipient Joseph Howell [unknown] [n/a]