From Thomas Jefferson to the Auditors, with Account of Goods Furnished to the Indians by Major Linctot, 11 November 1780

To the Auditors, with Account of Goods Furnished to the Indians by Major Linctot

In Council Nov. 11. 1780.

Gentlemen

Be pleased to issue on the within certificate from Colo. Broadhead a warrant for the sum due on the within account in specie or it’s value in paper money at the current exchange, to be paid to Majr. Lintot or order and charged to the Continent.

Th: Jefferson

Enclosure

An Account of what goods Mr. Godfrey Linctot Major and Agent General of all the Indien Nations have Furnished to the Indiens for the Service of the United States of America.

Furnished at Fort Pitt the 26th. of Aprill 1780	To fourteen Shirts Giveen to the Dallaway Indiens	45/	£31	10
	To three Pistols	70/	10	10
	To Seven Yards of Blue Cloth	60/	21
	To one Riffle Gun		9
	To one Powder Horn and Shot Bag		1
	To two Horses	£25	50
Givven at the Indiens Town the 12th. of may 1780	To Eight Yards of Cloth for a Flag	5/	2
	To three Coats		18
	To one Great Coat		5
	To one Silver Lace Waiscoat		6
	To Six Shirts	45/	13	10
	To five yards of Blue Cloth	60/	15
	To four Blanketts	30/	6
Giveven at Fort Pitt June the 24th. 1780	To two Horses		50
	To four Shirts	45/	9
	To Six Yards of Blue Cloth	60/	18
	To Eight yards of Cloth For a Flag	5/	2
	To three gold Laced Hatts	90/	13	10
Giveen at Fort Pitt June the 26th. 1780	To three Silk Handkerchiefs	15/	2	5
	To twenty four Yards of Blue Cloth	60/	72
	To twenty four yards of Cloth	60/	72
		Spicie	£427	5
	Exchange at /	add ¼	106	16	3
	Pennsylvania	Currency	£534	1	3

Fort Pitt July the 2d. 1780. G.f. Linctot

Fort Pitt July 3rd. 1780

I certify that to the best of my knowledge Major Lanctot has given the above Articles to the Delaware Indians with a view to serve the United States.

Daniel Brodhead
Colo. commandg. W.D.

RC (Vi); in TJ’s hand. The enclosure, presumably in Linctot’s hand, has certification signed by Brodhead on face of document (Vi). Letter and enclosure are endorsed: “Fort Pitt July 3rd. 1780 Indian affairs … £534.1.3.”

On Linctot as Indian agent see Wis. Hist. Soc., Colls., xxiv, 176, note.

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Title: From Thomas Jefferson to the Auditors, with Account of Goods Furnished to the Indians by Major Linctot, 11 November 1780
Authors: Jefferson, Thomas
Brodhead, Daniel
Recipient: Auditors
Date: 11 November 1780

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Cite as: “From Thomas Jefferson to the Auditors, with Account of Goods Furnished to the Indians by Major Linctot, 11 November 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-04-02-0137. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 4, 1 October 1780 – 24 February 1781, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1951, pp. 113–115.]