Letterbooks, 1776 Apr. 6-1782 Apr. 17.

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Letterbooks, 1776 Apr. 6-1782 Apr. 17.

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Letterbooks, 1776 Apr. 6-1782 Apr. 17, of Hugh Hughes, containing copies of his official correspondence as commissary of stores and deputy quartermaster for the State of New York. Volumes contain copies of letters sent and received, and pertain to the feeding, housing, clothing, and equipping of the army in New York and New England, including transportation problems, requisitions, payment, relations with merchants, etc. Correspondents include: Gen. George Washington and his aides, Maj. Gen. Nathanael Greene, Col. H.E. Lutterlok, Maj. Gen. Philip Schuyler, Maj. Daniel Carthy, Capt. Uriah Mitchell, Maj. John Campbell, Col. Ralph Pomeroy, Col. Jabez Hatch, Maj. Nicholas Quakenbush, Brig. Gen. James Clinton, Maj. David Wolfe, Capt. Walter Pyncheon, Capt. Thomas Mitchell, Col. Henry Dearborn, Maj. John Keese, Charles Tillinghast, Maj. Gen. William Heath, Udney Hay, and a few others. Volumes are numbered 1-20. Volume 20 consists of arithmetic tables and tables of weights and measures and bears the name Algernon Sidney William Hughes on the frontispiece.

20 v. (8 slipcases)

New-York Historical Society

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