Account Allowed, with details
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Account Allowed, with details
Description
Memo, Knox discusses service and pay of Samuel Hodgdon.
short description
Memo, Knox dis Hodgdon's service & pay
year created
1794
month created
07
day created
19
author
recipient
note
Enclosed with Howell, statement of account Samuel Hodgdon, 07/19/1794.
created note
[Date is inferred from associated documents.]
notable person/group
Joseph Howell
Henry Knox
Samuel Hodgdon
accountant
Secretary of War
commissary military stores
keeper of ordnance
paymaster
Treasury
notable location
Philadelphia
notable item/thing
pay
forage
allowance
compensation
service
pay
account
notable phrase
pay as comptroller of military stores
pay as P. Mas to the army
my judgement that the
account ought to be allowed
promised compensation for his services both by the Secretary of the Treasury and myself
extent and importance of the public business he has performed entitle him
to the sum claimed
beyond the sums annually appropriated for
keeper of the stores
must be paid out of the contingencies of the War Department
to be observed that had advanced him on account
which he observes has been expended for public objects
certificate
Treasury
of the above sum
had paid him on account of his compensation
sum of one thousand dollars.
document number
1794071900101
page start
2
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | XEH21 (3 pages) | Collection: Correspondence, Reports, Returns, Bills, Accounts Current' Statements, Receipts, Vouchers and Contracts of Philadelphia Supply Agencies (Coxe and Irvine Papers), 1794-1842. (RG92) | B: 190 |
| [view document] (2 pages) | XEH21a (2 pages) | Collection: Correspondence, Reports, Returns, Bills, Accounts Current' Statements, Receipts, Vouchers and Contracts of Philadelphia Supply Agencies (Coxe and Irvine Papers), 1794-1842. (RG92) | B: 190 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Henry Knox | [unknown] | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Joseph Howell | [unknown] | [n/a] |