Military and Indian supplies

Item

Type

Printed Document

Title

Military and Indian supplies

Description

Letter from the Commissioner of the Revenue requesting from Hamilton an abstract of the military and Indian supplies for 1793 and 1794, which have been purchased or contracted under the direction of the Treasury Department. Due to the commencement of the "sickly season," Coxe fears that it may be difficult to procure the workers necessary for cutting the ship timber from the Northern states.

year created

1794

month created

07

day created

05

author

recipient

in collection

note

LC, RG 75, Letters of Tench Coxe, Commissioner of the Revenue, Relating to the Procurement of Military, Naval, and Indian Supplies, National Archives.

notable person/group

Alexander Hamilton
Tench Coxe
Henry Knox
Tench Francis
Indians
military
workers
laborers
navy
John Morgan

notable location

Treasury Department
Revenue Office
Philadelphia
Georgia
Fort Mifflin

notable item/thing

supplies
contract
summer
sickness
illness
ships
timber
armament
ax
harbor
winter

document number

1794070590100

Document instances

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[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Publication: The Papers of Alexander Hamilton [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Tench Coxe [unknown] [n/a]
Recipient Alexander Hamilton [unknown] [n/a]