Letter (draft), to Nicholas Eveleigh, 1790 May 2.

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Letter (draft), to Nicholas Eveleigh, 1790 May 2.

Draft of letter to Nicholas Eveleigh, first Comptroller of the United States Treasury, discussing the use of money appropriations by a committee which was formed by Congress in April 1780 to attend to the Army. Schuyler served the committee briefly, and states that when he returned, the committee had been disbanded. Maintains that he had no idea what exactly the committee did in his absence.

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