Possible Impropriety in Major Tousard's Account

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

Possible Impropriety in Major Tousard's Account

Description

Simmons points out that Major Tousard is using one driver for two teams of horses yet Colonel Mentges is paying him for the hire of two drivers. Colonel Mentges asserts that he has made this impropriety known to the Secretary of War.

year created

1798

month created

04

day created

25

sent from location

Accountant's Office

in image

notable person/group

Oliver Wolcott, Jr.
William Simmons
Major Lewis Tousard
Colonel Mentges
Secretary of Treasury
Secretary of War
driver

notable location

Accountant's Office
Fort Mifflin

notable item/thing

Horses
Carts
Oxen
Teams pay
voucher
certificate
yoke of oxen
impropriety

document number

1798042521001

page start

1

number of pages

2

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Document instances

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[view document] (2 pages) PCB16 (2 pages) Collection: Oliver Wolcott Jr. Papers. 10;34

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author William Simmons Accountant's Office [n/a]
Recipient Oliver Wolcott, Jr. [unknown] [n/a]