To Thomas Jefferson from Joshua Wingate, Jr., 20 December 1802
From Joshua Wingate, Jr.
War Department
20th. December 1802.
Sir,
I have been directed by the Secretary of War to transmit you “the detailed Statement of the expenditures and application of all the public monies which have passed through the Quarter Master Generals Department from the 1st. of January 1797 to the 31st. of December 1801, and a similar account of the Contingent Expences of the War Department”—Made agreeable to a resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States of the 3d. of May last.
I have the honor &ca.
J. Wingate Jur. Chief Clerk.
FC (Lb in DNA: RG 107, LSP). Enclosures: (1) “A Detailed Statement of the Expenditures Made By John Wilkins, Junior, Quarter Master General. Ascertained from his Accounts Rendered to the Office of the Accountant of the War Department,” printed in Message from the President of the United States, Accompanying a Statement of Expenditures from the 1st of January, 1797, by the Quarter Master General, and the Navy Agents, for the Contingencies of the Naval and Military Establishments, and the Navy Contracts for Timber and Stores. Transmitted in Pursuance of a Resolution of the House, of the 3d of May Last (Washington, D.C., 1803; , No. 5357). (2) “A Detailed Account of the Expenditure and Application of All Public Monies, Which Have Passed Through The Quarter Master General’s Department, From the 1st January, 1797, to 31st December 1801. Ascertained from the Books of the Accountant of the War Department, and Furnished in Pursuance of a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, Dated the Third May, 1802,” printed in Documents Accompanying a Message from the President of the United States, with Sundry Statements of Expenditures Containing the Following Statements: A Detailed Account of the Expenditure and Application of Public Monies in the Quarter Master General’s Department, from the 1st of January 1797, to the 31st of December 1801; Abstract Expenditure and Application of Public Monies for the Contingent Expences of the War Department from the 1st of January 1797, to 31st of December 1801. A Statement of Expenditures in the Quarter Master General’s Department, Commencing with 1st January 1797, and Ending 31st December 1801 (Washington, D.C., 1803; , No. 5286, printed as part II of No. 5357). (3) “Abstract of the Expenditure and Application of Monies for the Contingent Expenses of the War Department, From the 1st January, 1797, to 31st December, 1801, Ascertained from the Books of the Accountant of the War Department, and Furnished in Pursuance of a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the United States, Dated the Third May, 1802” (printed in same).