All Spies Discharged Per Order of Sec. of War
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
All Spies Discharged Per Order of Sec. of War
Description
Deserter from Ohio company still missing, all [spies] in county discharged per order of Secretary of War. Vouchers to be forwarded soon.
year created
1796
month created
03
day created
27
author
sent from location
Marietta
recipient
sent to location
Philadelphia
in collection
note
Cited in Simmons to Sproat 04/16/1796
notable person/group
William Simmons
Ebenezer Sproat
notable location
Philadelphia
Marietta
document number
1796032770201
page start
1
number of pages
2
transcription
Ebenezer Sproat
Received 18 April 1796
Ans Same -
Marietta 25
William Simmons Esquire
Accountant War Dpartt
Philadelphia
Recd 15 Apr 96
Marietta 27th March 1796
Dear Sir
I have not been able to collect all the vouchers to send forward yet one of the Directors of the Ohio Company is been gone the whole winter & not yet returned I expect soon to have it my power to send forward all the receipts necessary to exonerate me from all the Charges against me at the War Office. You did not acknowledge the receipt of the letter I writ you from Pitsburgh inclosing Major Craiggs receipts for the money I [took?] to him. -- I have discharged all the spies in this County by an order from the Secy at War The rolls & power of all I will forward By the next post. I am Sir with Most Respect your Most Obt Humble Servant E. Sproat
Wm Simmons [undecipherable]
Received 18 April 1796
Ans Same -
Marietta 25
William Simmons Esquire
Accountant War Dpartt
Philadelphia
Recd 15 Apr 96
Marietta 27th March 1796
Dear Sir
I have not been able to collect all the vouchers to send forward yet one of the Directors of the Ohio Company is been gone the whole winter & not yet returned I expect soon to have it my power to send forward all the receipts necessary to exonerate me from all the Charges against me at the War Office. You did not acknowledge the receipt of the letter I writ you from Pitsburgh inclosing Major Craiggs receipts for the money I [took?] to him. -- I have discharged all the spies in this County by an order from the Secy at War The rolls & power of all I will forward By the next post. I am Sir with Most Respect your Most Obt Humble Servant E. Sproat
Wm Simmons [undecipherable]
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | YYB17 (2 pages) | Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) | Sproat, Ebenezer |
| [view document] (2 pages) | YYB17a (2 pages) | Collection: Claims Files Relating to Service in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1851. (RG217) | Sproat, Ebenezer |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Citations | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Ebenezer Sproat | Marietta | [n/a] |
| Recipient | William Simmons | Philadelphia | [n/a] |