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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.020.05 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of 20 letters pertaining to James Lovell and Samuel Holten |
| Title | James Lovell to Isaac Foster discussing a request made for more money to go to the army hospitals |
| Date | 6 April 1780 |
| Author | Lovell, James (1737-1814) |
| Recipient | Foster, Isaac |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Business and financial document; Government document |
| Content Description | Marked as a copy. Author inferred from content and because the collection is described as letters to or from Lovell, a Continental Congressman from Massachusetts. Writes that he received Foster's letter. Discusses a request made for more money to go to the army hospitals. States that it was recommended to the board that they make a resolution to Congress for $40,000 for Foster's department. He regrets that more cannot be done and cites the embarrassing circumstances concerning money and finances as the cause. Asks him to document medical expenditures carefully. |
| Subjects | Finance Economics Revolutionary War Military History Health and Medical Hospital Congress Continental Congress |
| People | Lovell, James (1737-1814) Foster, Isaac (1740-1781) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Health & Medicine; Government & Politics; Banking & Economics; Merchants & Commerce; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Foster was a surgeon in the hospital department. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |