Report of the select committee, on the bill for the relief of Ebenezer Stevens and others
Subtitle: January 20, 1819. Read, and with the bill ordered to lie upon the table
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 49941; House document (United States. Congress. House) -- 15th Congress, 2nd session, no. 104
Publisher: Edward De Krafft
Published: 1819
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Subjects: Claims vs. United States; Procurement; Defense contracts; History; Claims; United States. Continental Army; United States. Office of Finance
Notes: Concerning the prayer of Ebenezer Stevens, Lucretia Stevens, and others to be indemnified against a judgment of the Supreme Court of New York holding Comfort Sands and others liable for damages to Oliver Phelps and Timothy Edwards. Sands et al. had contracted with the Superintendent of Finance to supply rations to the Army in 1782 and 1783, and when the Superintendent of Finance withdrew the contract, Sands was obliged in turn to refuse to accept deliveries of beef from his subcontractors, Phelps and Edwards.

Caption title.

At head of title, in square brackets: 104.

Signed on p. 2: H.R. Stores [i.e., Storrs], chairman.

House document.

Edward De Krafft was printer to the House of Representatives for the 15th Congress.

Shaw & Shoemaker 49941

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.