David Rittenhouse to Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council

David Rittenhouse to Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council

Rittenhouse writes Supreme Executive Council regaring sum of money received for purchasing provisions for state magazines. Total sum expected to be One hundred and thirty Thousand Dollars. Signed at bottom, "Dav.d Rittenhouse Treasurer"

David Rittenhouse

28 March 1778

John F. Reed Collection Valley Forge NHP

Box 3, Folder 51, 20-09

Received March 28. 1778 of the Supreme Executive Council the sum of thirty five thousand dollars being part of a sum of money put into the hands of the State by Congress and ordered to be paid to the Commissioners for purchasing of Provisions for Magazines in this State --- and also received at the same time extract from the Minutes of the sd Council pointing out the distribution among the sd commissioners of the sum of one hundred and four thousand dollars. – making in the whole the amount of the sum of one hundred & thirty nine thousand dollars
Davd. Rittenhouse Treasurer