Price Reports to Knox on Expiring Enlistments at West Point
| Source | Name | Image(s) |
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| Collection | United States Military Academy: Letterbook No.1 West Point 1784-86 |  |
| Date | October 20, 1785 |
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| Author Name | William Price (primary) Location: West Point |
| Recipient Name | Henry Knox (primary) |
| Summary | William Price, Deputy Commissioner of Military Stores, expresses the impending difficulties experienced at West Point to the Secretary at War, Henry Knox. Price indicates the expiration of enlistments will reduce Johnston's Company to one man. Price also requests money to pay contracted artificers. |
| Document Format | Contemporary Copy of Letter made from Author's Files |
| Document Notes | [not available] |
| Content Notes | [not available] |
| Related Persons/Groups | Major General Henry Knox; William Price; Mr. Connolly; artificers; families of artificers; Captain Johnston; Colonel Pickering; Major Lybert; guards; company; Secretary at War; ; |
| Related Places | West Point; Constitution Hand; Fort Clinton; Fort Putnam; |
| Keywords | employment; money; pay; debt; subsistence; expiration of enlistments; forage; horses; wagon covers; tents; medicines; knapsacks; abstract; ; |
| Key Phrases | [not available] |
| Transcription | [not available] |