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Howell, Joseph (1750-1798) to Henry Knox

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04482 Author/Creator: Howell, Joseph (1750-1798) Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 January 1790 Pagination: 2 p. ; 32.7 x 20.7 cm. Order a Copy

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."

Howell, Joseph, 1750-1798
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
Crane, John, 1744-1805

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