Quartermaster to Pay Off Debts

Item

Type

Autograph Letter Signed

Title

Quartermaster to Pay Off Debts

Description

Quartermaster General to travel to Pittsburgh to pay off all debts to contractors.

short description

Quartermaster to Pay Off Debts

year created

1792

month created

05

day created

18

author

sent from location

War Department

recipient

in collection

in image

notable person/group

Isaac Craig
Henry Knox
Quartermaster General
James O'Hara

notable location

War Department
Pittsburgh

notable item/thing

accounts

document number

1792051814001

page start

1

transcription

War department
May 18 1792 [?]
I have received your letter of the [undecipherable] 11 Instant.
Mr Collins [?] the Quarter Master General is setting out for Pittsburg and will take money with him to pay all the accounts of his department
I am happy to hear you have fifty [undecipherable] in readiness at Pittsburg.
I am
Sir
with esteem
Your humble Servt.
Knox -- Secy
of War
Major Isaac Craig

Item sets

Document instances

In image In source Location in source
[view document] (2 pages) IAH62 (2 pages) Collection: James Robertson Papers IA063

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Henry Knox War Department [n/a]
Recipient Isaac Craig [unknown] [n/a]