Public Store - Illinois Department / Kaskaskie, 1776-1782.

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Extent: 3 v.

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Account book, 1780 (65 p.), with accounts against the state of Virginia for issues at Fort Jefferson. Volume records the issue of supplies to members of the Illinois regiment, many of whom are named. Some of the supplies mentioned: linen, muslin, combs, flannel, velvet, writing paper, metal buttons, rum, sugar, handkerchiefs, and ink pots. John Dodge and Israel Dodge are the agents who kept the accounts. Various accounts due John Dodge and Israel Dodge from the state for supplies furnished for use of the Illinois Department / George Rogers Clark. Accounts include date, name of person receiving the article and the article issued. Items were signed for by the person receiving them. Among persons receiving issues are George Rogers Clark, John Montgomery, Dodge himself and several Indians (arranged under Indian Dept.). Also included are inventories of sundries purchased in New Orleans and other places and transferred to the department; lists of sundries issued to various persons; abstracts of issues of merchandise; abstracts of vouchers; lists of articles overdrawn beyond allowance by law; and a listing of entries in an unspecified volume, some copies attested to in 1783. The final dozen pages contain extracts of communications to and from Dodge between 1779 Aug-1780 Apr. No arrangment and no index. (Accession 54314)

Ledger, 30 Aug 1776-12 Mar 1782 (368 p.), accounts for the distribution of equipment and supplies to military officers. In addition, there is a list of bills drawn on the treasury of Virginia by William Shannon, and a memorandum of bills drawn on Col. George Rogers Clark, 1779. Account book maintained by William Shannon, Commissary and Quarter Master General, of stores furnished for use of the Illinois Department under George Rogers Clark. Clark, in an affidavit of 9 Nov 1779 attests to the authenticity of the accounts. Folio 165 includes Commonwealth in account with Shannon as settled by the Auditors of Williamsburg, Feb 1780; folio 169 includes a list of bills drawn on the Treasurer of Virginia after the first of Jan 1780 by William Shannon. Also includes various memoranda of purchases and certificates entered in the back. Restored. Indexed in the front of the volume and each separate account arranged chronologically. (Accession 190, 54314).

Receipt book, 1780 June 10-Nov 20 (90 p), for items received by John Dodge, Esq., agent for the state of Virginia at Fort Jefferson, Ill., mainly for clothin, material and weapons. Among the items received were salt, blankets, knives, broadcloth, and plain and ruffled shirts. Receipts for sundries issued out of the public store at Fort Jefferson, Illinois by John Dodge, agent for the store. Includes an Aug 7, 1780 affidavit concerning articles lost by Israel Dodge in March when crossing the Ohio entered as a promissory note, and also a promissory note from George Rogers Clark to Don Fernando de leylia for furnishes dated 29 Apr 1779, and a later note instructing Dodge to pay the note. Also includes a list of some articles delivered to Joseph Pauley on account of the debt, July 1780. Restored and bound. No index. (Accession 54314)

Account book and Receipt book also available on Miscellaneous Reel 406.

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