Download or read book Henry Knox to John Crane about Accounts 5 October 1790 written by Henry Knox and published by . This book was released on 1790 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Insists on commenting on accounts General Crane had left for him. Knox had the paymaster go over Crane's account with great care so that it would be satisfactory to both Crane and the public. Knox writes that the result doe not leave any balance in your favor. Knox is currently not in possession of the statements, but will take care of the matters as soon as he returns [to New York] so that the difficulties will be removed.

Download or read book John Crane to Henry Knox Regarding Crane s Financial Affairs 3 October 1789 written by John Crane and published by . This book was released on 1789 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses settling his account with the Paymasters Office. Mentions having written to Knox several times and has yet to receive a reply. Describes current financial difficulties, including suffering the loss of a saw mill in a fire. Noted as written in Passamaquady, which is most likely in the vicinity of Passamaquoddy Bay in present-day Maine.

Download or read book Joseph Howell to Henry Knox Regarding the Accounts of John Crane 26 January 1790 written by Joseph Howell and published by . This book was released on 1790 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the account of Colonel [John] Crane, stating that [t]he principal objection to a close of the accounts of Colo. Crane arises on the expenditure of the monies recieved [sic] by him in the year 1777 for the recruiting service. Includes a list of transactions and agrees to look further into the matter, though also writes that if it should appear that the sum due by the Colonel in 1777 was appropriated by him to his private use, then his accounts will stand as I have already stated them, and leave him a debtor to the U States exclusive of the sum retained from him & the monies advanced by him to those officers who resigned previous to a settlement. Noted as written at the Office of Army Accounts.

Download or read book John Crane to Henry Knox about Lost Accounts 24 December 1787 written by John Crane and published by . This book was released on 1787 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the settlement of his accounts. Mentions being afraid that Mr. Peirce lost his accounts with the certificates from My Officer and the accounts attested on Oath, [since] it will be very cruel to keep me out of my interest, it will be impossible for me now to procure the certificates again - Says he does not owe money to the public and that if his troops at the Rhode Island expedition had not been paid, it would have become known by now. Noted as written in Passamaquady, which is most likely by Passamaquoddy Bay, in present-day Maine.

Download or read book John Crane to Henry Knox about a Dispute Between Officers 7 January 1783 written by John Crane and published by . This book was released on 1783 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Henry Knox to John Crane about Dispute Between Officers 8 January 1783 written by Henry Knox and published by . This book was released on 1783 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book John Crane to Henry Knox Requesting Help Securing a Payment 25 July 1786 written by John Crane and published by . This book was released on 1786 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asks Knox if he will help him request a settlement of his accounts. So far he has been unsuccessful, and the Paymaster General's office, headed by Mr. [John] Pierce, has not been authorized by Congress to perform the necessary actions.

Download or read book John Crane to Henry Knox in Response to Officers who Have Accused Him of Withholding Money from Soldiers Under His Command 14 August 1781 written by John Crane and published by . This book was released on 1781 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Henry Knox to John Crane about Stores and Provisions 3 July 1781 written by Henry Knox and published by . This book was released on 1781 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Directs the letter to Colonel Crane, in charge of the ordnance and stores forwarded from Boston, Massachusetts to Claverack, New York. Provides instructions for shipping the powder and other stores. Orders that the stores must be sent from Claverack to West Point.

Download or read book Joseph Howell to Henry Knox Discussing the Accounts and Lands of Colonel John Crane and His Officers 1 July 1788 written by Joseph Howell and published by . This book was released on 1788 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses details of settling the accounts of Colonel [John] Crane and his officers. Indicates that army accounts must be settled before officers can obtain the lands they are entitled to. Notes that the advances made to those who were supposed to have resigned or left the service before army settlements took place cannot be admitted. Holds Crane responsible for allowing officers to leave without waiting for the settlement of army accounts. Further criticizes Crane for his record keeping in relation to army accounts and the payment of officers. Recently discovered that John Bryant is a pensioner, and temporarily suspended his allowance until Crane's payment to Bryant is accounted for.

Download or read book John Crane to Henry Knox about Military Returns 18 February 1782 written by John Crane and published by . This book was released on 1782 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apologizes for not responding more quickly to Knox, but was waiting for the commissaries to obtain paper so he might prepare the military returns. Refers to the returns from October, November, and December, which he sent out in the beginning of January; says they were prepared together because of the paper shortage. Includes a a return of all the ordnance and stores of every kind in the department, and describes the amount and type of supplies in their stores, including ammunition, carriages, mortars, and charcoal.

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Download or read book Henry Knox to John Crane on the Subject of Troop Movements 22 August 1782 written by Henry Knox and published by . This book was released on 1782 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Directs Crane to send a specified amount and kind of arms and troops to the light infantry [at an unspecified location]. Declares that Crane may choose which men to send, but no more than twelve men may be attached to each piece of artillery. Will contact Colonel Timothy Pickering, the Quartermaster General, to make further arrangements. Also asks for his assistance in erecting buildings for ordnance stores at West Point, and asks that he direct Captain Sears and Captain Moody [Andrew Moodie].

Download or read book John Crane to Henry Knox about the Arrival of General William Heath 20 February 1782 written by John Crane and published by . This book was released on 1782 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Received last letter from Knox and is waiting for General William Heath's arrival with an unnamed Sergeant to convene a party of men. Will respond to Knox as soon as they return.

Download or read book Henry Knox to John Bryant Regarding Settling Bryant s Account 17 March 1790 written by Henry Knox and published by . This book was released on 1790 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses settling accounts related to Captain Bryant's pay for 1786. Mentions two incidences where he could not obtain a credit from the treasurer. Written from the War Office.

Download or read book Henry Knox to John Crane Discussing Crane s Regiment 13 January 1782 written by Henry Knox and published by . This book was released on 1782 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses Colonel John Crane's regiment, which is on its way to West Point to obtain clothing. Mentions that he will have to keep the regiment there to work in the laboratory repairing the ordnance. Describes various repairs that need to be made, and says he will likely need to remain in Philadelphia through the spring.

Download or read book John Crane to Henry Knox about Putrefied Beef 11 March 1783 written by John Crane and published by . This book was released on 1783 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consists of two letters written in the hand of Samuel Shaw, Knox's aide de camp. In the first, which composes the top half of the page, Colonel Crane and Lieutenant Colonel Stevens inform Major General Knox that upon inspection, a quantity of salted beef in the contractor's store has been found unmerchantable and unfit for use. The bottom half of the page consists of a letter from Knox to [Daniel] Parker and [William] Duer. Knox informs them that the beef is putrefied and grows worse and worse, so that I have been obliged to order the inspection.