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.