A Replacement for Mr. Bates, Etc.

Item

Type

Letter Signed

Title

A Replacement for Mr. Bates, Etc.

Description

Among other accounting and supply matters, Craig notes that the position of Assistant Quartermaster at the post at Natchez has been given to Mr. Bates who therefore will be leaving Pittsburgh soon. A replacement for him is needed whose compensation will be thirty dollars per month plus subsistence and two rations per day.

year created

1798

month created

07

day created

13

author

sent from location

Pittsburg

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in image

note

Enclosure: list of supplies for Mr. Bates, 7/13/1798.
Enclosure: receipt signed by Seely Huling, 7/11/1798.

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
Isaac Craig

notable location

Philadelphia
Pittsburgh

notable item/thing

quartermaster
compensation

document number

1798071380001

page start

1

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[view document] (9 pages) ZPT20 (9 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B: 6
[view document] (6 pages) ZPT20a (6 pages) Collection: Post Revolutionary War Papers, 1784-1815. (RG94) B: 6

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Isaac Craig Pittsburg [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]