Uneasy Hours for Want of Funds
Item
Type
Modern Printed Transcription of Letter/Document
Title
Uneasy Hours for Want of Funds
Description
Deputy Quartermaster General Belli lists the amounts transmitted to sundry contractors and laments the shortage of funds which makes it difficult even to buy pack horses.
year created
1792
month created
11
day created
17
author
sent from location
Lexington
recipient
in collection
note
Enclosed in Knox to US Senate, 12/19/1792.
cited note
Cited document addressed to the War Office
notable person/group
Henry Knox
John Belli, Deputy Quartermaster General
Colonel James O'Hara, Quartermaster General
General James Wilkinson
Robert Barr
William Morton
Charles Wilkins
Alexander Scott & Co.
James Morrison
Alexander McGregor
Alexander & James Parker
William Leary
Nathan Lewis
notable location
Lexington
notable item/thing
quartermaster department
uneasy hours
want of funds
the bills
pack horses
notable phrase
I have already spent a great many uneasy hours for want of funds
indeed, I shall now be obliged to curtail General Wilkinson's order for pack horses for want of money, which this country at present does not afford.
document number
1792111740000
Item sets
Document instances
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| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Major John Belli | Lexington | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |