Account of Henry Knox with the United States
Item
Type
Contemporaneous or Certified Copy (made for information of action)
Title
Account of Henry Knox with the United States
Description
New account of Henry Knox that was adjusted from a summary account of errors.
short description
Acct of Henry Knox.
year created
1792
month created
11
day created
12
author
in collection
in image
notable person/group
Joseph Nourse
Henry Knox
Secretary at War
Indians
J Habersham
Baldwin
Hospital Department
Quartermasters Department
Ordnance Department
Indian Department
Surveyors Department
Subsistence Department
John Meals
John Meal
troops
Arthur St. Clair
Winthrop Sergeant
Rhugar & Rhodes
Rhugar
Rhodes
B Crookshanks
B & E Carnes
E Carnes
B Carnes
Jackson
Smith
Jackson & Smith
Wainwright
Listle
A Muller
Cunard Nicholson
C. Swan
Caleb Swan
M Williett
Indian chief
Cornplanter
Governor of Pennsylvania
Berry & Rogers
Berry
Roberts
Joseph Dobbins
H Frayly
Timothy Pickering
Thomas Roberts
Marinus Willett
John Shepherd
Tench Coxe
Commissioner of the Revenue
Richard Harrison
Auditor of the Treasury
notable location
United States
public arsenal
Comptrollers Office
notable item/thing
account
Indian treaties
Act of Congress
settled
Indian Goods
disbursements
contingencies
ordnance
hospital
subsistence
warrants
contract
payment
traveling expenses
overcharges
salary
vouchers
shirts
carriage of goods
sundry expenses
journeys
inspecting
arranging
stores
magazines
arsenals
certificate of admission
notable phrase
auditor of the treasury pursuant to the act of congress
making alterations in the Treasury and War departments
certificate of admission
report of the auditor of the treasury
carried to the debit of the Secretary at war in new account
certify that the above and foregoing accounts are true copys of the original of which is filed on record in this office
balance stated in the auditor's office
addition to my certificate
balance of this account
accounted for by the secretary at war in an account settled by the auditors of the Treasury
Indian department for the amount of sundry deductions made in the auditor's office which are admitted
sundry expences attending several journeys of the Secretary at War
purpose of inspecting and arranging the stores in the arsenals and magazines of the United States
appears by the vouchers produced in support of this charge that the Indian chief on whose order the mony was paid intended that the Secretary at War should be reimbursed by Governor of Pennsylvania
short charge in contingencies of war dept
hospital dept
error in extending
statement of this transaction
appears that those warrants were negotiated upon credit under the control of the Secretary at War
payment has not been inforced by him, charge is considered as improper to be admitted to his credit
sum charged in contingencies of the war department as traveling expences in visiting publick arsenals
amount of overcharges in contingencies of the War office
sum advanced him on account of rations furnished the troops and for which he is held accountable
sundry disbursements under the following heads
contingencies of the war department
contingencies of the war office
amount of warrant no. 58 in his favor
balance stated by the secretary at war
add the following sums
balance of errors and overcharges
sum charged as so much remaining unpaid of warrants issued
not admitted to his credit in this statement
dollars appropriated for Indian treaties by the act of congress
amount of the following sums rec'd on acct on the sales of Indian goods
document number
1792111290401
page start
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| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (4 pages) | AKO04 (4 pages) | Collection: Henry Knox Papers. [microfilm] | R: 33, P: 10 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Joseph Nourse | [unknown] | [n/a] |