3 letters comprising general business correspondence of Jasper Yeates. The letters contain ledgers of payments. One letter written to Jasper mentions a bond and a warrant of money to be paid.; American Philosophical Society
Inform him that they presented in Congress a resolution of the [Virginia] Assembly regarding the emission of money of 18 March 1780 and the destruction of Continental money by the commissioners of Virginia; inform him that the resolution of Congress [of 27 Aug. 17821 regarding the garrison at Yorktown, [Va.] has been transmitted to him; inform him that they will send a copy of a petition from the inhabitants of Kentucky, which is suspected to be spurious; point out that if western lands are ceded to the United States, they might be used to pay the national debt; inform him about a rumor that the combined fleets of France, Spain, and the Netherlands have taken vessels of the [British] "Quebec fleet" in the English Channel.; American Philosophical Society
Account of clothing sent from the Deputy Quartermaster-General's stores in Philadelphia to the Quartermaster-General's stores at camp in August and September, 1778.; American Philosophical Society
Points out that although Dunscomb was appointed by fellow officers contrary to his wishes as agent for the half-pay officers of New York, he will endeavor "to answer their expectations," and discusses matters related to commutation and the settlement of public accounts.; Typescript transcription on microfilm
