Letters of delegates to Congress, 1774-1789, Volume 11, October 1 1778-January 31 1779

Delegates to Congress . Letters of delegates to Congress, 1774-1789, Volume 11, October 1 1778-January 31 1779
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Henry Laurens to To: Joseph Clay

Sir
16th October [1778]

Within the present inclosure I have the honor of transmitting an Act of Congress of the 13th Instant directing the Deputy Paymaster General in the State of Georgia to pay into the hands of the Deputy Commissary, the Deputy Quarter Master and the Deputy Clothier General in that State, such sum or sums of Money as may be wanting in their several departments they to be accountable respectively, and for other purposes therein after mentioned, to which I beg leave more particularly to refer.(1)

I have the honor to be &c.

Note: LB (DNA: PCC, item 13). Addressed: "Jos. Clay Esquire Deputy Paymaster General of the Troops in Georgia at Savannah. by Colonel Wood."

1 JCC, 12:1009. Laurens' letterbook indicates that copies of this resolution were also delivered by Moses Young to Clothier General James Mease, Commissary General Jeremiah Wadsworth, and Quartermaster General Nathanael Greene (via Deputy Quartermaster John Mitchell). PCC, item 13, 2:112.