Author's Letterbook Copy

Regarding whether officer received money

From the letter book of Joseph Howell, Assistant Commissioner of Army Accounts in the Board of Treasury's Office of Army Accounts.
Request for information regarding monies supposedly received by an officer which he denied having ever received.

1788

05

05

Kentucky

Cited in Howell to Wilkinson, 07/22/1788.

Cited document sent from the War Office

John Pierce

James Wilkinson

Major Crogham

John Fowler

Colonel Biddle

Paymaster General

John Pierce

Board of War

General Charles Scott

Major Jameson

General Scott

Kentucky

Kentucky

Richmond

New York

register's office of the Treasury of the United States

explanation

affair

paper

mistake

office

cash

receipt

situation

information

money

injustice

redress

injured party

claim

transcript

books

explanatory

transaction

letter

answer

copy

27 September 1782

dollars

warrant for pay

months of January and February 1782

papers

formally and officially attested

1788050570155

38

Kentucky May 5th 1788

Dear Sir

Permit me to intrude upon your time for a moment and to claim an explanation of the affair to which the inclosed paper refers - Major Crogham alledges that there must be some mistake in your office as he positively denies having recieved the Cash mentioned in the inclosed reciept - In this situation I can only appeal to you for information - If the Major has recieved the money he does injustice, if not injustice is done him - in either case I am persuaded you will take pleasure to redress the injured party

I must therefore, as I am interested in the claim, beg the favor of you to transmit me as soon as may be, a transcript from your books formally & officially attested, fully explanatory of this transaction - I send this letter to Richmond & if it finds you there must beg you to commit your answer to

to the hands of the bearer John Fowler Eqsr - but should you have left that city, it will follow you to New York & in this case let me entreat you to be so obliging as to forward your answer thro the medium of our friend Col. Biddle - & greatly oblige your most obt sert &c &c

James Wilkinson

John Pierce Esquire
Pay Master General

A copy of the receipt alluded to in the foregoing letter

Septr 27th 1782 Recd of John Pierce PMG two hundred and fifty dollars in full...
William Crogham Majr

Warrant for pay for the months of Jany & Feby 1782 - From the board of War in favor of General Charles Scott

A copy form the papers in the registers office of the Treasure of the United States

John Jameson

Copy of the original copy made by Maj Jameson now in Gen Scott’s hands
-J Wilkinson