Last Quarter's Quartermaster Department Expenditure Estimates; Impossibility of Accurate Estimates for Indian & Hospital Departments
Item
Type
Letter
Title
Last Quarter's Quartermaster Department Expenditure Estimates; Impossibility of Accurate Estimates for Indian & Hospital Departments
Description
Mentions recent bills drawn; discusses estimate of the expenditures of the quartermaster department in the months of October-December of 1796. Comments that it is impossible to estimate the expenditures of the Hospital and Indian Departments at the beginning of a quarter.
year created
1796
month created
12
day created
27
author
sent from location
Pittsburgh
recipient
in collection
in image
note
Partly illegible
notable person/group
James McHenry
John Wilkins
Quartermasters Department
Indian Department
Hospital Department
Daniel Harragan
Deputy Quartermaster General
notable location
Pittsburgh
Fort Washington
Detroit
notable item/thing
expenditures
probable expenditures
post
money
estimates
draft
bills
expenses
corn
document number
1796122740101
page start
1
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (3 pages) | DBC10 (3 pages) | Collection: John Wilkins Papers | P: 84-85 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | John Wilkins, Jr. | Pittsburgh | [n/a] |
| Recipient | James McHenry | [unknown] | [n/a] |