Letter to the Auditors Office

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Letter to the Auditors Office

Description

The Commissioner of Army Accounts responds to the Auditors Office at the Treasury Department, concerning an act of Congress and regimental surgeons.

year created

1790

month created

05

day created

10

author

sent from location

Office of Army Accounts

in image

note

Response to Wolcott to Howell, 05/06/1790.
Partially illegible.

notable person/group

Oliver Wolcott Jr.
Joseph Howell
Congress
Army
surgeons
officers
line of the army
Secretary of War
Henry Knox
widows
medical staff
regimental surgeons

notable location

Office of Army Accounts

notable item/thing

acts of congress
half pay
rank
customs and usage

document number

1790051021101

page start

1

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Document instances

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[view document] (3 pages) XZK14 (3 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Numbered Records (Manuscript file) 1775-1790's. (RG93) (M859) B: 369

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Joseph Howell Office of Army Accounts [n/a]
Recipient Oliver Wolcott, Jr. [unknown] [n/a]