Quarterly Returns of the Clothing and Indian Commissary Departments

Item

Type

Letterbook

Title

Quarterly Returns of the Clothing and Indian Commissary Departments

Description

Encloses duplicates of the Quarterly Returns of the Clothing and Indian Commissary Departments. Cannot, as of yet, send copies of the vouchers. Indians are gathering, there has been an altercation between some Potawatamies and Miami. There is no news of the lost trunk.

year created

1799

month created

07

day created

12

sent from location

Detroit

recipient

sent to location

Philadelphia

in image

note

Cited in Hodgdon to Schiefflin, 08/12/1799.

cited note

Cited document addressed to the War Office

notable person/group

Samuel Hodgdon
Jonathan Schiefflin
Indian Commissary Department
Clothing Department
Colonel Strong
General Alexander Hamilton
Solomon Sibley
Indian Nations
Governor Arthur St. Clair
Indians
Potawatamies
Miami
prisoners
Doctor Charles Brown

notable location

Philadelphia
Detroit
Presqu'ile

notable item/thing

quarterly returns
clothing
Indian goods
vouchers
receipts
receipt book
murder
trunk
furs

document number

1799071280301

page start

1

number of pages

3

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Document instances

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[view document] (3 pages) YVM02 (3 pages) Collection: Miscellaneous Letters Received by the Fourth Auditor, Jan 12, 1795-Dec 31, 1897. (RG217) (M1187) chronological
[view document] (3 pages) YVM02a (3 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 Jonathan Schieffelin Detroit [n/a]
Recipient Samuel Hodgdon Philadelphia [n/a]