Letter, 1819 Aug. 17.

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Letter, 1819 Aug. 17.

Letter from Lear in the Accounting Office, U.S. Dept. of War to Dr. James H. Pierrepont, of Portsmouth, N.H., concerning a bill for medical expences for an officer.

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Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum

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United States. Accountant to the War Department

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First appointed by act of Congress in 1792; succeeded by the Auditor for War Department in 1817. From the description of Statement of appropriations and expenditures for 1814 and 1815 : ms. : Washington, D.C., 1815 Mar. 18. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122442792 ...

Pierrepont, James Hervey, 1768-1839

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Physician, of Portsmouth, N.H. From the description of Ledgers, 1817-1824. (Portsmouth Athenaeum Library & Museum). WorldCat record id: 70925727 James Hervey Peirrepont (1768-1839) was born in Roxbury, Mass. He was a 1789 Harvard graduate, trained as a physician in Boston, and practiced in Portsmouth, N.H., from 1801 until his death. From the description of Booksellers' accounts, 1812-1838. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207164402 ...

Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816

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Lear became George Washington's private secretary in 1785 and for seven years was a member of the official family at Mount Vernon. After his first wife's death he married Frances Bassett Washington, who was Martha Washington's niece and the widow of George Washington's nephew George Augustine Washington. He later married another niece of Martha's, and served in a number of consular positions. 1762, Sept. 19 ...