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9 July 1788
Audebert, Philip, fl. 1788-1796
[Receipt of a warrant in favor of Captain David Zeigler]
Audebert, possibly a clerk at the war office, notes the warrant was for one month's pay of Zeigler's company.
GLC02437.03930
14 July 1788
Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814
to Henry Knox
Submits an account of rations. Marked as private on address leaf. Writes, "We are fondly hoping that Congress will determine to form the new Government at this place, in which Case I expect we shall have the pleasure of your & Mrs. Knox's Company-"
GLC02437.03935
21 July 1788
[Receipt for a warrant from Henry Knox payable to Ezra Hill]
Possibly signed by Audebert as clerk at the War Office.
GLC02437.03939
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
to Clement Biddle
Thanks Biddle for offering to procure him a house in Philadelphia in case Congress moves to that city. Plans to leave in a few days for "the eastward," and promises to pay [Captain] Zeigler's account when he returns.
GLC02437.03942
to Richard Butler
Discusses the possibility of Butler's reappointment [as superintendent of Indian Affairs for the Northern district]. Marked private.
GLC02437.03944
26 July 1788
Bancker, Christopher, fl. 1788
Bancker solicits a position in the War Office, saying that William Livingston assured him of Knox's promise to let Bancker fill the next vacancy. Writes, "the Late War has Reduced me to the necessity of this application... for it will be a pleasing...
GLC02437.03948
28 July 1788
to Christopher Bancker
Replies to Bancker's request to obtain an open position in the War Office (see GLC02437.03948). Notes that the position, formerly occupied by Mr. [Robert] Pemberton, will not be presently filled. Writes, "If an appointment should hereafter take...
GLC02437.03949
1 August 1788
Broglio, Francois, comte de, fl. 1786-1788
to Henry Knox [in French]
Discusses the Society of the Cincinnati. Appears to have been written from Fort Dauphin in Santo Domingo (Saint Domingue, in the present-day Dominican Republic).
GLC02437.03952
Pratt, John, 1753-1824
[Receipt of funds from Jeremiah Wadsworth]
Pratt, a recruiting officer, verifies receipt of funds from Wadsworth on account of the Recruiting Service.
GLC02437.03953
29 August 1788
to Henry Burbeck
Informs Captain Burbeck, commander at West Point, that Noah Hall, the bearer of this note, hopes to purchase "some of the old unserviceable iron cannon at West Point." Instructs Burbeck to sell Hall fifteen tons of the cannon at fourteen dollars per...
GLC02437.03978
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