To Alexander Hamilton from Tench Coxe, 19 August 1794
From Tench Coxe1
T:D: R:O. August 19th. 1794
Mr. Coxe has the honor to inform the secy. of the Treasy. that he is only waiting for a return from the War Departmt. of the places and numbers, at, & for which, the Rations will be wanted.2 As a document which might have served the purpose, he applied at the Secy. of the Tresys. office, for a sight or a copy of the notification for supplies of the last year, which he understands cannot be found. As soon as either of the two papers shall be received, Mr. Coxe will proceed in the business.
LC, RG 75, Letters of Tench Coxe, Commissioner of the Revenue, Relating to the Procurement of Military, Naval, and Indian Supplies, National Archives.
1. Within the Treasury Department Coxe was responsible for procuring supplies for the Army. See H to Coxe, April 4, 1794.
2. On August 16, 1794, Coxe wrote to John Stagg, Jr., chief clerk in the War Department, requesting information “concerning the garrisons, detachments, and army in the field in the Western parts of Pennsylvania Virginia and the N. W. Territory & of their situations as will enable me to make arrangements for Rations, and Quarter masters supplies for 1795” (LC, RG 75, Letters of Tench Coxe, Commissioner of the Revenue, Relating to the Procurement of Military, Naval, and Indian Supplies, National Archives).