Regarding Funds & Expenditures for Quartermaster & Other Army Departments
Item
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Title
Regarding Funds & Expenditures for Quartermaster & Other Army Departments
Description
Further addresses the obtaining of funds and transportation required by the Army Quartermaster Department. Details why he has been unable to move on these issues without knowing more about the necessary items. Describes (by line-item) the expenditures of his department and the Army Indian Department. Promises further reports on the expenditures of the army departments.
year created
1796
month created
08
day created
20
author
sent from location
Fort Detroit
recipient
in collection
in image
note
Partly illegible.
3 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, two without images.
3 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, two without images.
notable person/group
James McHenry
John Wilkins Jr
Commander in Chief
General Wayne
Quartermasters Department
assistants
wagoners
artificers
pack horse men
boatsmen
Indian interpreters
pilots
Indian Department
notable location
Fort Detroit
notable item/thing
money
supply
expenditures
estimate
following reasons
accounts
provisions
pay
wagons
pack horses
vessels
barracks
teams
materials
repair of the garrisons
wages
subsistence
corn
document number
1796082040101
page start
1
Item sets
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | DBB25 (3 pages) | Collection: John Wilkins Letterbook | F: 1796-1798, P: 21-23 |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Typed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: John Wilkins Letterbook | P: 19 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | John Wilkins, Jr. | Fort Detroit | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James McHenry | [unknown] | [n/a] |