Friendly letter; encloses an account [not present] of lands remaining
unsold in New Jersey that belong to the recipient's relatives, points out
the "seeming paradox" that the lands decrease in value because they are
"chiefly Pine Barrens or refuse pieces of the worst Mountains," remarks
that "People in the Neighborhood of them, unrestrained, seem by habit
of Stealing to have acquired a right to the wood & Range of Mr. Penn's
Lands," and offers to purchase the land.
Orders him to furnish Quartermaster department returns agreeable to
the manner and form set forth in the resolution of Congress and the order
of the Board of War.; "Circular"
Quotes a letter from the Quartermaster General [Timothy Pickering] to Hughes, 13 Dec. 1782, regarding ascertaining thq amounts of debts contracted and the pay due staff members in the Quartermaster department and instructs him to submit lists of debts and payrolls.; Circular
Informs him that there are strong reasons to believe that an express rider employed in the Quartermaster department is passing counterfeit Continental money in New Jersey that he received from a "Villain" who brought it from New York and instructs him to communicate the information to Gen. [Nathanael] Greene and ask advice about apprehending the express rider.
Instructs him to call.for a warrant that Hamilton signed for ,000 in favor of the Quartermaster General's department, which is to be forwarded in post notes of the Bank of the United States.
