1. On December 7, 1792, “A memorial of Timothy de Monbreun was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for supplies furnished, and services rendered, to the United States, whilst a Lieutenant in Colonel Clark’s, or the Illinois regiment, raised by the State of Virginia, during the late war.

“Ordered, That the said memorial be referred to the Secretary of the Treasury, with instruction to examine the same, and report his opinion thereupon to the House.” (Journal of the House, I description begins Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States (Washington, 1826), I. description ends , 635.)

After H’s report was read on January 5, 1793, the House “Resolved, That the memorialist have leave to withdraw his said memorial” (Journal of the House, I description begins Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States (Washington, 1826), I. description ends , 662).

2. Jacques Timothé Boucher, Sieur de Monbreun, a former resident of Kaskaskia, had joined George Rogers Clark’s Illinois regiment on May 12, 1780, as a lieutenant. On March 5, 1782, he wrote to Clark requesting either his “pay of Lieutenant in good money or in merchandise” or a discharge from the Army, but did not ask for money due for supplies (James, Clark Papers description begins James Alton James, ed., George Rogers Clark Papers, 1781–1784 (“Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library,” XIX, Virginia Series, IV, [Springfield, 1926]). description ends , 41–42). No mention has been found of supplies furnished by De Monbreun in Clark’s accounts, and the statement of the Virginia commissioners appointed to examine Clark’s accounts states that only the sum of six hundred and forty dollars in back pay was due to De Monbreun and recommends payment (James, Clark Papers description begins James Alton James, ed., George Rogers Clark Papers, 1781–1784 (“Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library,” XIX, Virginia Series, IV, [Springfield, 1926]). description ends , 320).

Although the Virginia commissioners ignored the question of money owed him for supplies furnished during the American Revolution, De Monbreun indicated in a memorial addressed to the Virginia House of Delegates on November 11, 1794, that he had incurred obligations for supplies delivered to the Indians when he was commandant of Kaskaskia shortly after the American Revolution. His memorial defines his services as follows: “… your memorialist was a Lieutenant in Colonel Clark’s or the Illinois Regiment raised by this State during the late war; that after the disbanding of that Regiment, to wit, on the 18th of January 1783, he was appointed Commandant of KasKaskias and the neighbourhood in which post he continued until the 14th day of August 1786.… These operations were attended with considerable expence to your Memorialist, who, as there was no provision made by law to defray those contingent charges, was absolutely compelled to entertain and supply with provisions all the Indians, of the several tribes who came to KasKasKies; besides, policy required, that small presents should be made to them, in order to preserve their friendship.” De Monbreun’s letter and accounts are printed in Clarence Walworth Alvord, Kaskaskia Records, 1778–1790, “Collections of the Illinois State Historical Library,” V, Virginia Series (Springfield, 1909), 355–58.