Robert Morris A.L.S., Office of Finance, Philadelphia, 8th April 1782 : to Thomas Mumford, Wethersfield, [Conn.]

Robert Morris A.L.S., Office of Finance, Philadelphia, 8th April 1782 : to Thomas Mumford, Wethersfield, [Conn.]

Philadelphia 1782

[4] p. ; 23 cm. (4to)

MSS L1988.190.111 M

"I find that the late Commercial Committee of Congress have made a settlement with you on the account of the contract you entered into with the Secret Committee in November 1775 but they have not made the necessary entries to shew a clear state of those transactions ...."
The Commerce Committee replaced the earlier Secret Committee -- see The Papers of Robert Morris, p. 167, note 3.
Morris mentions having requested this same informtion on 22 April, 1778.
Also requests invoices and bills of lading of various ships that transported Mumford's goods from the West Indies: the sloop Patty, the schooner Hannah, the brig Royal, the sloop Commerce, the sloop Hero, and the schooner Polly. In addition, "a protest for the loss of the sloop Commerce said to be captured ... at Antigua is wanting.
"I shall likewise be obliged to you for an account of the delivery of the powder imported by your order in consequnce of your engagement with the Secret Committee. I know that it was landed in different parts of the United States ...."
Watermark: Powder horn

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