[Rough Copy of Instructions for Paymaster and Storekeeper on Potomack]
Item
Type
Draft Document
Title
[Rough Copy of Instructions for Paymaster and Storekeeper on Potomack]
Description
Appointment and instructions for the paymaster and store keeper at Harpers Ferry armory.
year created
1798
month created
07
day created
31
author
sent from location
Philadelphia
in collection
note
The document both appoints and instructs the person selected as Paymaster/Storekeeper at the new armory at Harpers Ferry, but the person to whom the document is to be sent is not name in this draft.
notable person/group
Samuel Hodgdon
notable location
Philadelphia
Harpers Ferry
Potomack
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
notable idea/issue
instructions
appointment
notable phrase
approbation of the President
appoint you paymaster and storekeeper for the post about to be established at Harpers Ferry
following instructions
to regulate your conduct
discharge of
duty
soon as you commence the business
enter in a suitable book
every kind of public property committed to your keeping
building occupied either as stores
barracks
or work shops with their several dimensions and estimated value
mills machines and tools
previously to the commencement of the work you will make out and transmit to the superintendent of military stores a complete return of every species of property under your care
forms
he will furnish
duties expected from you as paymaster are pointed out by the comptroller of the Treasury in the forms will be transmitted to you
pay implicit obedience as well as to any subsequent informations or explainations he may
document number
1798073121101
page start
1
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Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (2 pages) | XFE08 (2 pages) | Collection: General Information Index, 1794-1918. (RG94) | B:12. |
| [view document] (2 pages) | XFE08a (2 pages) | Collection: General Information Index, 1794-1918. (RG94) | B:12. |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Samuel Hodgdon | Philadelphia | [n/a] |