Letters of delegates to Congress, 1774-1789, Volume 13, June 1 1779-September 30 1779

Delegates to Congress . Letters of delegates to Congress, 1774-1789, Volume 13, June 1 1779-September 30 1779
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John Jay to To: Ebenezer Hancock

Sir
Philadelphia 8th June-1779

From the enclosed Copy of an Act of Congress of the 4th Inst, You will perceive that You are to take charge of the military Chest at Providence, & that the Sums requisite for the Service at Boston are to be supplied out of it.(1)

I am Sir, Your most Obedient, And Humble Servant.

John Jay. Presidt.

(2)

Note: RC (MH-H: bMS Am 1649.5). In the hand of Henry Brockholst Livingston and signed by Jay.

1 For this resolve combining the military chests of the Eastern Department maintained at Boston and at Providence, see JCC, 14:686.

2 Jay also wrote the following letter this day to clothier general James Mease concerning clothing furnished Rhode Island troops in 1777. "You will perceive from the enclosed Copy of an Act of Congress of the 7th Inst. that they have ordered a Sum of Money due to John Donnel for Cloathing to be paid out of the Treasury, & charged to Captains Beall, Dickenson & Avery who received it." See PCC, item 14, fol. 128 and JCC, 14:698-99.

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