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[Document, 1779 April 04]

1. [Document, 1779 April 04]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 04, 1779
  • Summary: Has referred Greene's letter of March 25 on the subject of the defects in a recent act of Congress on the subject of wagons to the Board of War.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1779 April 15]

2. [Document, 1779 April 15]

  • Name: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 15, 1779
  • Summary: By an act of 14 May 1777 Congress designated the wages of the officers of the Quarter Master General's Department. They are no longer adequate because of the depreciation in the value of the currency and decline in public spirit. It will be impossible...
  • Number of Images: 5
[Document, 1779 April 15]

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[Document, 1779 April 16]

4. [Document, 1779 April 16]

  • Name: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 (Author) Duane, James, 1733-1797 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 16, 1779
  • Summary: Defends himself against the charges that he is "too griping in my demands and...making a fortune too rapidly." Recites his service to the nation. Did not seek post of Quartermaster and is not solicitous to hold it. Has met with absence of co-operation...
  • Number of Images: 6
[Document, 1779 April 18]

5. [Document, 1779 April 18]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 18, 1779
  • Summary: Will send Greene's letter of April 15 to Congress. Sends a copy of an act of April 17 providing for the enlistment of waggoners and repealing a recent act on the same subject.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1779 April 27]

6. [Document, 1779 April 27]

  • Name: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 27, 1779
  • Summary: Writes on behalf of himself and his immediate assistants in the Quartermaster's Department. Rumors of wrongdoing destroy the public confidence, and make the supplying of the troops more difficult. There may be some unsavory practices, but they have at...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1779 August 24]

7. [Document, 1779 August 24]

  • Name: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 (Author) Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: August 24, 1779
  • Summary: Writes on the case of Major Box. Gives due credit to the Major's service to the American cause, but points out the officer's drinking problems and late indisposition due to an old wound. Suggests he be given a sinecure in one of the Army offices.
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1779 August 30]

8. [Document, 1779 August 30]

  • Name: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: August 30, 1779
  • Summary: Asks for reply to his letter of 6 March concerning artificers. Has been hard put to keep these men in service due to Congress' delay. Encloses copy of his March letter. Also copy of letter to him from Artificers in his service (July 8) protesting negl...
  • Number of Images: 9
[Document, 1779 February 01]

9. [Document, 1779 February 01]

[Document, 1779 February 01]

10. [Document, 1779 February 01]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 01, 1779
  • Summary: Sends Greene a copy of an act of Congress which directs the payment of sundry accounts due to the inhabitants of New York for provisions and services. Hopes Greene will execute it immediately since the payments have been due for a year.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1779 February 01]

11. [Document, 1779 February 01]

  • Name: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 01, 1779
  • Summary: Presents reasons for appointment of a Commission to pass on all claims for damages against Army and settlement of disputes concerning requisition of material. Lack of a consistent policy in these matters makes people withhold supplies or charge exorbi...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1779 February 03]

12. [Document, 1779 February 03]

  • Name: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 03, 1779
  • Summary: Reply to John Jay's letter of 1 February. Has transmitted copy of Act enclosed to Colonel Hay at Fishkill and directed him to execute it.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1779 February 20]

13. [Document, 1779 February 20]

  • Name: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 20, 1779
  • Summary: This letter to be delivered by Mr. Robert Temple whose farm sustained damages when occupied by Army in 1776 (near Boston). Explains his interpretation of damages covered by resolution of Congress. Feels this claim lies within the terms of this act.
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1779 January 18]

14. [Document, 1779 January 18]

  • Name: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: January 18, 1779
  • Summary: In Army, many persons employed in the character of officers who hold no commissions other than a kind of warrant or appointment from the head of the Department in which they serve. Consequently, left on footing of private soldiers as to arrests and tr...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1779 January 22]

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[Document, 1779 January 22]

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[Document, 1779 July 14]

17. [Document, 1779 July 14]

  • Name: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 14, 1779
  • Summary: Sends a letter from Colonel Chace on the necessity for a mode of permanent security for public property used by the Army. Greene has ordered Chace to contact the proprietor of land on which some barracks stand to arrange for their security for Army us...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1779 July 14]

18. [Document, 1779 July 14]

  • Name: Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 14, 1779
  • Summary: Encloses letter from Colonel Thomas Chase concerning Continental barracks near Boston. In consequence of this letter, Greene has ordered Chase to enter into contracts with owners of ground on which barracks stand. Reflects on lack of respect for Conti...
  • Number of Images: 6
[Document, 1779 July 15]

19. [Document, 1779 July 15]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Greene, Nathanael, 1742-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 15, 1779
  • Summary: Sends a copy of an act of Congress of July 9 vesting executive powers of each state with authority respecting persons employed in the Quarter Master General, or purchasing or issuing Commissary General's department.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1779 July 19]

20. [Document, 1779 July 19]