Enclosed Receipts from Indian Goods

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Enclosed Receipts from Indian Goods

Description

Enclosed receipts for annuities and returns of clothing and Indian goods. Bemoans lack of system for maintaining accurate accounts of dispensation and payment.

short description

Ltr, dis rcpts & rtrns

year created

1797

month created

11

day created

01

sent from location

D'Etroit

recipient

in image

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
R J Meigs
Indian Nations
Jonathan Schieffelin
Indians
clothier

notable location

D'Etroit
Detroit
Greeneville
Fort Washington
frontier
territory
southward
station

notable item/thing

receipts
annuities
returns
clothing
Indian goods
voucher
cavalry clothing

notable idea/issue

settlement of accounts
returns
payment
delivery
transportation of supplies
Indian relations
absence
leave
accuracy
validity
veracity

document number

1797110180001

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

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[view document] (2 pages) YVC07a (2 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Fourth Auditor, Jan 12, 1795-Dec 31, 1897. (RG217) (M1187) chronological

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Return Jonathan Meigs D'Etroit [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon [unknown] [n/a]