Requests Order of Spirits for Western Military
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Requests Order of Spirits for Western Military
Description
Encloses letter from agents to purchase spirits for the western military. Requests amount needed by the western military.
year created
1795
month created
05
day created
01
author
sent from location
Revenue Office
recipient
in image
notable person/group
Timothy Pickering
Tench Coxe
Agents
Colonel Presley Nevill
Colonel Thomas Marshall
Secretary of War
western military
agent
Treasury Department Revenue Office
notable location
Revenue Office
Kentucky
Fort Pitt
Fort Washington
Wheeling
Fort Steuben
Ohio
notable item/thing
spirits
purchase
document number
1795050140001
page start
1
transcription
? D R O May 1 1795
Sir
I enclose to you a letter from this office to the two Agents who were engaged in 1794 to purchase the spirits which might be wanted for the Western Military supply of 1795 also the answer of one of them Col Presley Nevill. These are sent for your information: It is presumed that of Col Thomas Marshall the Agent for the purchase in Kentucky will not vary materially.
I request the favor of your to consider the subject and to furnish a note containing, 1st the whole quantity which will be wanted for the Western Military supply of [1795?] 2dly the portions thereof which you will desire to have delivered at Fort Pitt, Wheeling, Fort Washington, Fort Steuben, or any other place and 3dly, the time when men desire such portions delivered at these places respectively.
I am Sir &c
Signed T Coxe GA
The Secretary of the Department of War
Sir
I enclose to you a letter from this office to the two Agents who were engaged in 1794 to purchase the spirits which might be wanted for the Western Military supply of 1795 also the answer of one of them Col Presley Nevill. These are sent for your information: It is presumed that of Col Thomas Marshall the Agent for the purchase in Kentucky will not vary materially.
I request the favor of your to consider the subject and to furnish a note containing, 1st the whole quantity which will be wanted for the Western Military supply of [1795?] 2dly the portions thereof which you will desire to have delivered at Fort Pitt, Wheeling, Fort Washington, Fort Steuben, or any other place and 3dly, the time when men desire such portions delivered at these places respectively.
I am Sir &c
Signed T Coxe GA
The Secretary of the Department of War
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (1 pages) | DFZ06 (1 pages) | Collection: Letters Sent (Letterbook) of Commissioner of the Revenue, Tench Coxe, Relating to War Department Procurement, Apr 14, 1794-Aug 26, 1796. (RG75) (M74) | P:304 |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | Tench Coxe | Revenue Office | [n/a] |
| Recipient | Timothy Pickering | [unknown] | [n/a] |